(an act, example, of) stating something firmly
declaration, positive statement
an order given by a ruler or authority and having the force of a law
mandate, legal order
the act of diagnosing a disease
identification of problem, disease
(a system of) principles of teaching, beliefs of a church, political party etc
opinion; principle
(an instance of) the process of expressing; a word or phrase
verbalization
things learnt or discovered by study or inquiry
judgment, verdict
the act of proclaiming
advertisement, announcement
an account of, statement about, something heard, seen, done etc; (a piece of) gossip; rumour; the sound of an explosion
account, story
(a statement by judge etc of) a punishment; a set of words used to form a statement, question, command etc and, when written, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark)
punishing decree
a way of speaking; a spoken word or words
revelation