acknowledgment

Noun

Meaning

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.

Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

recognition admission confession concession avowal citation reference credit mention quotation cite acknowledgement recognizance thanksgiving epistle
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Antonyms

prevention carp adieu opposition bar brand
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Hypernyms

notation content message note substance acceptance

Hyponyms

ciao thanks admission farewell apology shake

Phrases with the word

acknowledgment of wrongdoing acknowledgment of guilt in acknowledgment of acknowledgment day acknowledgment of error for the acknowledgment of

Examples

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment. Pliny the Elder

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power. Carol P. Christ

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future. Daniel Libeskind

Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it. Yousef Munayyer

We have a God-given commission, but it is not a commission to be self-righteous know-it-alls- quite the contrary. Our work in God's world begins with the acknowledgment that we are not God, and that our most bitter rivals are made in God's image. John Danforth

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. John C. Calhoun

Close letter words and terms

acknowledgement of wrongdoing acknowledger acknowledging acknowledgment day acknowledgment of error acknowledgment of guilt