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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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