1. The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
   "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own";
   - recognition, acknowledgment
    
2. A statement acknowledging something or someone
   "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgement";
   - acknowledgment

Derived forms: acknowledgements

See also: acknowledged, unacknowledged

Type of: acceptance, content, message, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Acknowledgement