Acknowledgment

Noun

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

Adjectives for Acknowledgment
profuse; indulgent; exuberant; restrained; polite; conventional; frank; warm; characteristic; humiliating; enthusiastic; grateful; public; gracious; jocose; courteous; grim; belated; thankful; obsequious; tacit; grudging; handsome; tardy; appreciative.

Thesaurus
abject apology; acceptance; acknowledgments; acquittance; admission; allowance; answer; answering; antiphon; apology; appreciation; avowal; back; back answer; back matter; back talk; backchat; bastard title; benediction; bibliography; billet; blurb; boost; breast-beating; buildup; business letter; by-line; canceled check; catch line; catchword; chit; citation; cognizance; colophon; comeback; commendation; communication; concession; confession; contents; contents page; contrition; copyright page; credit; credit line; crediting; declaration; dedication; discharge; dispatch; due; echo; endleaf; endpaper; endsheet; epistle; errata; evasive reply; excuse; favor; flyleaf; folio; fore edge; foreword; front matter; good word; grace; half-title page; head; honorable mention; hymn; hype; imprint; index; inscription; introduction; leaf; letter; line; makeup; mea culpa; message; missive; note; owning; owning up; paean; page; penitence; plug; praise; prayer of thanks; preface; preliminaries; profession; promotion; puff; quittance; reaction; ready reply; receipt; receipt in full; recognition; recto; reference; regrets; rejoinder; release; repartee; replication; reply; repost; rescript; rescription; respondence; response; responsion; responsory; retort; return; reverberation; reverso; right; riposte; rite of confession; running title; short answer; shrift; signature; snappy comeback; subtitle; table of contents; tail; text; thank offering; thank-you; thanks; thanksgiving; title; title page; trademark; tribute; trim size; type page; unbosoming; verso; voucher; warrant; what is owing; witty reply; witty retort; yes-and-no answer

Alternative forms

 * acknowledgement

Synonyms

 * confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK

Translations

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 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: vastuvõtukinnitus
 * Finnish:, myöntäminen,
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 * Interlingua: admission, recognoscimento
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 承認 (shōnin); 承知 (shōchi)
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: dasev