Emily Dickinson Lexicon

statement (-s), n. [see state, v.]

1. Pronouncement; utterance; declaration; fact; sentence.
2. Announcement; proclamation; prophecy.
3. Existence; expression; definition; description; purpose; condition of being.
4. Account; report; story; scripture passage (see Genesis 5:24).
5. Speech; oration; declamation; [fig.] noise; sound.