noun
Declaration of Independence (the document)
Refers specifically to the physical or official document of the Declaration of Independence, as opposed to the abstract concept or act of declaring independence.
See also: 独立宣言 (どくりつせんげん)
独立宣言書は国立公文書館に保管されている。
The Declaration of Independence is kept at the National Archives.
独立宣言 refers to the act or concept of declaring independence, while 独立宣言書 specifically denotes the written document itself.
Compound of 独立 (independence), 宣言 (declaration), and 書 (document).