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n. The act of admitting or owning to something.

n. Recognition of another's existence, validity, authority, or right.

n. An answer or response in return for something done.

n. An expression of thanks or a token of appreciation.

n. A formal declaration made to authoritative witnesses to ensure legal validity.

n. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

n. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

n. An award or other expression or token of appreciation.

n. An owning with gratitude of a benefit or an obligation (as in "acknowledgment" of a favor).

n. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood, as a wedding invitation's acknowledgment.

n. A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.

n. An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form (as in "acknowledgment of a deed").

n. A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

n. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

n. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone.

n. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an 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. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.

n. An admission or profession of knowledge or apprehension; a recognition of the existence or truth of anything: as, the acknowledgment of a sovereign power, or of a debt.

n. An expression or manifestation of perception or appreciation; recognition, avowal, or confession: as, an acknowledgment of kindness or of one's wrong-doing.

n. Something given or done in return for a favor. Smollett.

n. In law: The certificate of a public officer that an instrument was acknowledged before him by the person who executed it. The act of so acknowledging execution.

n. In com., a receipt.

n. Also spelled acknowledgement.

n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

n. a statement acknowledging something or someone

n. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

"We looked at each other, seemingly sitting on the edge of the world, and almost simultaneously our neighbors smiles joined ours in acknowledgment of The Bucket List, as we held the coffee to our noses, waived its steamy essence toward our nose, took a deep breath and looked at each other laughing, as if we were sitting next to Jack Nicholson who did the same as we savored his favorite coffee."

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