Ae·knōwl’edg-ment, n.

n. 1. The act of acknowledging; avowal; owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault.

2Sense 2. The act of owning or recognizing with particular regard, or in a particular character.

Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.

3Sense 3. The owning of a benefit received, accompanied with gratitude; expression of thanks.

4Sense 4. Hence, something given or done in return for a favor. Smollett.

5Sense 5. A declaration or avowal of one’s own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer.

Acknowledgment-money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

Synonyms—Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.