ACKNOWLEDGMENT


Meaning of ACKNOWLEDGMENT in English

noun

also ac·knowl·edge·ment -jmənt

( -s )

1.

a. : the act of acknowledging

b. : recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement

received the acknowledgment he deserved as a poet

2. : a thing done or given in recognition of something received

an acknowledgment came in the mail

an author's acknowledgments of assistance

3.

a. : a declaration or avowal of one's act or a fact to give it legal validity ; specifically : a declaration before a duly qualified public officer by one who has executed an instrument that the execution was his free act and deed

b. : the formal certificate made by an officer before whom one has acknowledged a deed including as an essential part the signature and seal of the officer

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