Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment (ak*nol"ej*ment) , noun
1.
The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
An acknowledgment of fault.
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.
Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip.
3.
The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks. — Shakespeare
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.
Collocations (1)
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
Also: Acknowledgement