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Webster 1828 Edition
Acknowledgment
ACKNOWL'EDGMENT
,Noun.
1.
The act of owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault.2.
The owning, with approbation, or in the true character; as the acknowledgment of a God, or of a public minister.3.
Concession; admission of the truth; as, of a fact, position, or principle.4.
The owning of a benefit received, accompanied with gratitude; and hence it combines the ideas of an expression of thanks. Hence, it is used also for something given or done in return for a favor.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.Acknowledgment-money, in some parts of England, is a sum paid by tenants, on the death of their landlord, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.
Definition 2024
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
English
Alternative forms
- acknowledgement (UK)
Noun
acknowledgment (plural acknowledgments)
- The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
- The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
- An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
- An owning with gratitude of a benefit or an obligation (as in "acknowledgment" of a favor).
- A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood, as a wedding invitation's acknowledgment.
- (Telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.
- See Wikipedia article on transmission
- An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form (as in "acknowledgment of a deed").
- (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
Synonyms
- (act of acknowledging): confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK
Translations
act of acknowledging
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