2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acknowledgment \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acknowledgment
n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
[syn: {recognition}, {acknowledgement}]
2: a statement acknowledging something or someone [syn: {acknowledgement}]
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