dec·la·ra·tion 
(dĕk′lə-rāshən)
(dĕk′lə-rāshən)n.
1. An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written.
2. The act or process of declaring.
3. A statement of taxable goods or of properties subject to duty.
4. Law
a. A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought; a complaint or petition.
b. An unsworn statement of facts that is admissible as evidence.
5. Games
a. A bid, especially the final bid of a hand in certain card games.
b. A meld.
- exposure meter
- exposé
- expound
- expounder
- express
- expresser
- expressible
- expression
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionistically
- expressionless
- expressive
- expressively
- expressiveness
- expressivity
- expressly
- expresso
- expresso
- express rifle
- expressway
- expropriate
- expropriation
- expropriator