Acknowledgment
[ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt] or [ək'nɑlɪdʒmənt]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
(n.) The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
(n.) The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
(n.) Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Sheldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Recognition, recognizance.[2]. Admission, avowal, concession, allowance, acceptance, indorsement.[3]. Expression of thanks or gratitude.
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Examples
- WINKLE [The above is a manly and handsome acknowledgment of past misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was sensible that you had never received any proper acknowledgment from herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He becomes proprietor of this portion of the mine, and can work it without paving any acknowledgment to the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He now and then slided into my lady, instead of ma'am, as an involuntary acknowledgment of Mrs. Sparsit's personal dignity and claims to reverence. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He just moved, in acknowledgment of her curtsy, but did not rise. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Moreover, experience, not content with its proper position of subordination, was the great foe to the acknowledgment of the authority of reason. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Giving him a dark glance in acknowledgment of his answer, Rigaud knocked loudly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- So Margaret gained the acknowledgment of her right to follow her own ideas of duty. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The young man inclines his head in acknowledgment of the precepts of experience. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No, I do not, said Fanny softly, hoping she did not err either in the belief or the acknowledgment of it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She did at last extort from her father an acknowledgment that the horses were engaged. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He considered it a sort of acknowledgment on my part of a fear to argue with him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Bumble nodded, blandly, in acknowledgment of Mrs. Mann's curtsey; and inquired how the children were. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Jerry had just enough forehead to knuckle, and he knuckled it in acknowledgment of this communication and a shilling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I made my humble acknowledgments to his highness for so great a favour. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Sergeant Cuff made his best acknowledgments. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We expressed our acknowledgments and sat down behind the door, where there was a lame invalid of a sofa. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I expressed my grateful acknowledgments for his lordship's kind consideration. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sam bowed his acknowledgments and turned, with unimpaired cheerfulness of countenance, towards Serjeant Buzfuz. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Greatly relieved by Mr Merdle's affable offer of assistance, he caught at it directly, and heaped acknowledgments upon him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Could you tell her so for me, with my fervent acknowledgments? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr Venus expressed his acknowledgments and accepted the invitation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Be pleased to accept my grateful acknowledgments for the pleasure it has afforded me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mrs. Bennet was profuse in her acknowledgments. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Not being strong enough, I smiled my acknowledgments instead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Therefore, sir, I accept your offer gratefully, and with many sincere acknowledgments for past favours. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Save the desire of offering our grateful acknowledgments to the lord of a realm which-- The Emperor--Oh, d--n the Address! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In reply she had merely expressed her acknowledgments, and had desired him to mention what his wishes were to Miss Halcombe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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