Definition of Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment
The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
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.
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Acknowledgment Quotations
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
Thomas Kempis
In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
Pliny the Elder
You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.
Lucy Liu
The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.
Carol P. Christ
Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.
Daniel Libeskind
There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
Sharon Gless
To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.
Chaka Khan
The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.
John C. Calhoun
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.
Soledad O'Brien
It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the model is quickly changing.
Jeff Zucker
Acknowledgment Translations
acknowledgment in German is Anerkennung {f}
acknowledgment in Italian is riconoscimento
acknowledgment in Spanish is acuse de recibo, asentimiento, reconocimiento
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