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Saying a thing loudly enough that backing down now costs more than following through.
means A formal, public statement that announces a fact, decision, or intention clearly and officially.
from From Latin declarare — de- (thoroughly, intensive) plus clarare (to make clear), itself from clarus (clear, bright). The same clarus gives us 'clarity' and 'clarify.' So a declaration is etymologically an act of thorough clarification — making something so plain it can't be unsaid or misunderstood, which is exactly why declaring things in public raises the stakes.
- legal weight
- sworn truth without a notary present
- independence 1776
- a breakup letter sent to a king
- customs form
- the one lie everyone is tempted to tell
- tax filing
- a declaration you make under penalty of audit