Associations to the word «Acknowledgment»

Wiktionary

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. An owning with gratitude of a benefit or an obligation (as in "acknowledgment" of a favor).
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood, as a wedding invitation's acknowledgment.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. (Telecommunications) (computing) (networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form (as in "acknowledgment of a deed").
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, noun. (legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

Dictionary definition

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 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".
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 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"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases".
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 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".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn