Word Meanings - DECLARATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. Declaration of Independence. See under Independence.

Additional info about word: DECLARATION

That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. Declaration of Independence. See under Independence. -- Declaration of rights. See Bill of rights, under Bill. -- Declaration of trust , a paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. Abbott. (more info) 1. The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc. 2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. Tillotson. 3. The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DECLARATION)

• Confession
• Creed
• catechism
• articles
• doctrines
• tenets
• profession
• declaration
• subscription
• Evidence
• Manifestation
• attraction
• averment
• testimony
• deposition
• appearance
• sign
• token
• proof
• indication
• exemplification
• illustration
• Mention
• Declaration
• notice
• announcement
• observation
• remark
• hint
• communication
• Proposition
• Statement
• affirmation
• sentence
• Report
• tidings
• announce
• ment
• relation
• narration
• recital
• description
• news
• rumor
• fame
• repute
• noise
• reverberation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DECLARATION)

• Silence
• hush
• suppress
• misreport
• misrepresent
• miarelate
• falsify

Related words: (words related to DECLARATION)

• CREAM-FACED
  White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
• CONFESSION
  The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• CREDIBLY
  In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• CREEP
  to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
• CREATURELY
  Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
• CREATIONAL
  Of or pertaining to creation.
• CRESYLIC
  Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. See Cresol.
• CREMOR
  Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
• CRENELATION
  The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
• CREATION
  1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had
• REVERBERATION
  The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame
• CREDIT FONCIER
  A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
• CREATIONISM
  The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
• REMARKER
  One who remarks.
• CREAK
  To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.
• CRETONNE
  1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and welt of flax. 2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft. 3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• UNCREATED
  1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton. 3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. Locke.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• INEVIDENCE
  Want of evidence; obscurity. Barrow.
• INCREPATION
  A chiding; rebuke; reproof. Hammond.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• INCREMABLE
  Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne.
• BETOKEN
  1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen
• DECRESCENDO
  With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
• PANCREATIN
  One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion. Note: By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic
• CONCRETIVELY
  In a concrete manner.
• INCREDULOUSLY
  In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
• COINDICATION
  One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.
• INCREDIBLENESS
  Incredibility.