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English

Alternative spellings
acknowledgement

Etymology
suffix|acknowledge|ment

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

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

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#:*An acknowledgment of fault - James Anthony Froude?

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

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#:*Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. - Richard Hooker?

1. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks - Shakespeare
2. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. - Tobias Smollett
3. 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.

Synonyms
confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.

Derived terms
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. - Herbert Cowell?

Translations

French: remerciement
German: Quittung
Interlingua: admission, recognoscimento
Italian: riconoscimento
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Japanese: �� (sh�nin); �� (sh�chi)
Portuguese: reconhecimento
Spanish: reconocimiento
Volapük: dasev

References
Webster 1913

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