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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, assertion |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, account, acknowledgment, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, asseveration, assurance, averment, avowal, blow-by-blow, charge, comment, communication, communiqué, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, presentment, proclamation, profession, protestation, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, verbalization, vocalization, voice, word |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of finances, fees, or charges |
| Synonyms: | IOU, bad news, balance, bill, book, books, charge, check, computation, cuff, grunt*, inventory, invoice, ledger, reckoning, record, register, report, score, statement, tab, tally |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical symbol of recognition |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, addressing, answer, apology, applause, appreciation, bestowal, bow, card, confession, contract, credit, gift, gratitude, greeting, guarantee, hail, hailing, letter, nod, notice, reaction, receipt, reply, response, return, salutation, salute, signature, statement, support, thanks, token |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
| Antonyms: | denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | affirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration of the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, certification, confirmation, declaration, green light, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratification, stamp of approval, statement, sworn statement, testimonial, testimony |
| Antonyms: | denial, negation, nullification, veto |
| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
| Synonyms: | account, affirmation, airtight case, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cop-out, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance, stall, statement, vindication |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affirmation, asservation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, overment, plea, profession, statement |
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
| Synonyms: | casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | announcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proclamation, declaration |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, advice, briefing, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, communiqué, disclosure, dissemination, divulgence, edict, exposing, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notification, prediction, promulgation, publication, publishing, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement |
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