1. The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
   "the partners were delighted with the acknowledgment of their work";
   - recognition, acknowledgement
    
2. A statement acknowledging something or someone
   "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment";
   - acknowledgement
    
3. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book";
   - citation, cite [informal, rare], credit, reference, mention, quotation

Derived forms: acknowledgments

See also: acknowledged, unacknowledged

Type of: acceptance, annotation, content, message, notation, note, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Acknowledgment