Webster's English Dictionary

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declaration

dec.la.ra.tion \.dek-l*-'ra--sh*n\ n 1: the act of declaring : ANNOUNCEMENT 
    2a: the first pleading in a common-law action  2b: a statement made by a 
   party to a legal transaction usu. not under oath  3a: something that is 
   declared  3b: the document containing such a declaration  4a: MELD  4b1: 
   the final bid in auction bridge  4b2: the contract in contract bridge