acknowledgment

[ ak-nol-ij-muhnt ]

noun

1. an act of acknowledging.
2. recognition of the existence or truth of something:

   the acknowledgment of a sovereign power.

3. an expression of appreciation.
4. a thing done or given in appreciation or gratitude.
5. Law.
   1. a declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document.
   2. an official certificate of a formal acknowledging.
   3. public recognition by a man of an illegitimate child as his own.

acknowledgment

/ əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt /

noun

1. the act of acknowledging or state of being acknowledged
2. something done or given as an expression of thanks, as a reply to a message, etc
3. plural an author's statement acknowledging his use of the works of other authors, usually printed at the front of a book

Other Words From

• preac·knowledge·ment noun
• preac·knowledg·ment noun
• reac·knowledg·ment noun
• super·ac·knowledg·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of acknowledgment¹

First recorded in 1585–95; acknowledge + -ment

Example Sentences

There’s some acknowledgment of the complexity of his life that’s there before he moves on.

From Los Angeles Times

Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly said there was a "collective acknowledgment" that this was "not a round of allocations that allows ministers to prioritise pay in the way that they would want to do".

From BBC

“I don’t want to mess up my makeup,” said Deadwyler, wiping away tears as she spoke about the film’s acknowledgment of the pain and trauma endured by its characters, descendants of slaves living in Depression-era Pittsburgh.

From Los Angeles Times

From there Williams walked through all we achieved and had yet to achieve, and gamely included the acknowledgment that some of America's first heroes enslaved the ancestors of Black people who, against all the media hype, showed up in force.

From Salon

But what this deeply unconvincing rebuttal omits is any acknowledgment of the plain fact that Donald Trump lies all the time, about everything, and that only a naive fool would take him at his word about anything.

From Slate

Related Words

• acceptance
• admission
• affirmation
• assent
• assertion
• concession
• confession
• confirmation
• corroboration
• realization
• recognition