pronouncement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a formal or authoritative statement, especially one made publicly

   The court issued a pronouncement on the new evidence.

2. 2
   noun

   a firm statement of an opinion or judgment

   His gloomy pronouncement silenced the room.

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement, later reshaped in English around pronounce and the noun-forming suffix -ment. Its sense developed from the act of uttering something to an authoritative or formal declaration.

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