Meaning of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
| Pronunciation: | | ak'nâlijmunt
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- [n] 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"
- [n] a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- [n] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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| | Synonyms: | | acknowledgement, acknowledgement, citation, credit, mention, quotation, recognition, reference |
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| | See Also: | | acceptance, admission, aloha, annotation, apology, ciao, commiseration, condolence, content, credits, cross-index, cross-reference, declination, farewell, greeting, handclasp, handshake, handshaking, mea culpa, message, notation, note, photo credit, receipt, regrets, salutation, shake, subject matter, substance, thanks, word of farewell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*knowl"edg*ment\ (-ment), n.
1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning;
confession. ``An acknowledgment of fault.'' --Froude.
2. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character
or relationship; recognition as regards the existence,
authority, truth, or genuineness.
Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian
faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. --Hooker.
3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition;
expression of thanks. --Shak.
4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message,
etc. --Smollett.
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.
{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.
Syn: Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal;
recognizance.
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| | Definition: | | A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was so acknowledged. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abject apology, acceptance, acknowledgments, acquittance, admission, allowance, answer, answering, antiphon, apology, appreciation, avowal, back, back answer, back matter, back talk, backchat, bastard title, benediction, bibliography, billet, blurb, boost, breast-beating, buildup, business letter, by-line, canceled check, catch line, catchword, chit, citation, cognizance, colophon, comeback, commendation, communication, concession, confession, contents, contents page, contrition, copyright page, credit, credit line, crediting, declaration, dedication, discharge, dispatch, due, echo, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, epistle, errata, evasive reply, excuse, favor, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, good word, grace, half-title page, head, honorable mention, hymn, hype, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, leaf, letter, line, makeup, mea culpa, message, missive, note, owning, owning up, paean, page, penitence, plug, praise, prayer of thanks, preface, preliminaries, profession, promotion, puff, quittance, reaction, ready reply, receipt, receipt in full, recognition, recto, reference, regrets, rejoinder, release, repartee, replication, reply, repost, rescript, rescription, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation, reverso, right, riposte, rite of confession, running title, short answer, shrift, signature, snappy comeback, subtitle, table of contents, tail, text, thank offering, thanks, thanksgiving, thank-you, title, title page, trademark, tribute, trim size, type page, unbosoming, verso, voucher, warrant, what is owing, witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer |
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