1. acknowledgment - noun
· the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
Synonym(s): recognition, acknowledgement
Hypernym(s): acceptance
2. acknowledgment - noun
· a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
Synonym(s): citation, cite, credit, reference, mention, quotation
Hypernym(s): note, annotation, notation
3. acknowledgment - noun
· a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"
Synonym(s): acknowledgement
Hypernym(s): message, content, subject_matter, substance
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