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Noun declaration has 6 senses

declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
--₁ is a kind of statement
--₁ has particulars:
bastardization; confession; manifesto, pronunciamento; pronouncement, dictum, say-so; assertion, averment, asseveration; protestation; postulation, predication; threat

Derived form: verb declare₁
declaration - (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"
--₂ is a kind of testimony
declaration - a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
--₃ is a kind of statement

Derived form: verb declare₇
contract, declaration - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
--₄ is a kind of bid, bidding
--₄ is a part of bridge
Derived form: verb declare₆
announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration - a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
--₅ is a kind of statement
--₅ has particulars: edict; promulgation
Derived form: verb declare₂
resolution, declaration, resolve - a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
--₆ is a kind of document, written document, papers
--₆ has particulars: Declaration of Independence; joint resolution