acknowledgment
acknowledgment is a 14-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. Face value is 27 in Scrabble and 33 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
- noun. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
- noun. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
- noun. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
- noun. 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.
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
Synonyms
acknowledgement, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference, recognition
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