Noun

• 1. 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"

• 2. 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"

• 3. 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"