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1. A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
    
2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
   "his declaration of innocence"
    
3. A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
    
4. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
   - contract
    
5. A formal public statement
   "a declaration of independence"
   - announcement, proclamation, annunciation
    
6. A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
   - resolution, resolve

Derived forms: declarations

See also: declare

Type of: bid, bidding, document, papers, statement, testimony, written document

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Declaration