Antonyms for statement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : steyt-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪt mənt


Definition of statement

Origin :
  • 1775, from state (v.) + -ment.
  • noun declaration, assertion
  • noun account of finances
Example sentences :
  • I do not care whether Lord Morley made this statement or did not make it.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • I no longer doubted the statement of Thompson and the speculator Smith.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The rashness of such a requirement and statement can escape no one.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • I make this statement now in order not to be misunderstood when later I may say that God must be this or that.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • There was a pride in the statement with regard to which my first feeling was a pang of envy.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Yet when I tell you that God did it you refuse the statement.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • But there was one statement that proved too much for their credulity.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Mart spoke with the assurance of one who had firm faith in her statement.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • And Mrs. Roberts smiled, and assented to the statement, but not to the proposition.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Synonyms for statement

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