Word of the Day:
declaration
What It Means
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
Specifically, a declaration of love.
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
Declaration in Context
“He blushed a great deal when the others chaffed him for his obvious preference. He made the first declaration in his life to Fräulein Hedwig, but unfortunately it was an accident […].”
Did You Know?
From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
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