Java: define terms initialization, declaration and assignment

Question

I find the defs circular, the subjects are defined by their verbs but the verbs are undefined! So how do you define them?

The Circular Definitions

Answer 1

String declaration;
String initialization = "initialization";
declaration = "initialization"; //late initialization - will initialize the variable.
    // Without this, for example, in java, you will get a compile-time error if you try 
    // to use this variable.

declaration = "assignment"; // Normal assignment. 
    // Can be done any number of times for a non-final variable