Acknowledgement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acknowledgment \Ac*knowl"edg*ment\, Acknowledgement
  \Ac*knowl"edge*ment\ ([a^]k*n[o^]l"[e^]j*ment), n.
     1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning;
        confession. "An acknowledgment of fault." --Froude.
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     2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character
        or relationship; recognition as regards the existence,
        authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement
        acknowledging something or someone.
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              Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian
              faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. --Hooker.
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     3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition;
        the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
        an expression of thanks. --Shak.
  
     Syn: recognition
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     4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message,
        etc. --Smollett.
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     5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal
        validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper
        officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting
        such declaration.
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     {Acknowledgment money}, in some parts of England, a sum paid
        by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as
        an acknowledgment of their new lords. --Cowell.
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     Syn: Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal;
          recognizance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acknowledgement
       n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
            "the partners were delighted with the recognition of
            their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of
            recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to
            her own" [syn: {recognition}, {acknowledgment}]
       2: a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must
          have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment";
          "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had
          helped her" [syn: {acknowledgment}]