acknowledgment meaning and definition

ACKNOWLEDGMENT noun

Definition of acknowledgment (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"
   • synonyms: acknowledgement, recognition
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"
   • synonyms: citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference
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"
   • synonyms: acknowledgement