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"
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"
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"
