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acknowledgment
noun
1 acknowledgment
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged.
synonyms: acknowledgement, recognition.
Roget 529:
disclosure;
retection†;
unveiling
etc.
v.;
deterration†,
revealment,
revelation;
exposition,
exposure;
expose;
whole truth;
telltale
etc.
(news)
532.
acknowledgment,
avowal;
confession,
confessional;
shrift.
bursting of a bubble;
denouement.
[person who discloses a secret]
tattletale,
snitch,
fink,
stool pigeon,
canary.
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Roget 973:
reward,
recompense,
remuneration,
meed,
guerdon†,
reguerdon†;
price.
[payment for damage or debt]
indemnity,
indemnification;
quittance;
compensation;
reparation,
redress,
satisfaction;
reckoning,
acknowledgment,
requital,
amends,
sop;
atonement,
retribution;
consideration,
return,
quid pro quo.
salvage,
perquisite;
vail
etc.
(donation)
784†.
douceur [Fr.],
bribe;
hush money,
smart money†;
blackmail,
extortion;
carcelage†;
solatium†.
allowance,
salary,
stipend,
wages,
compensation;
pay,
payment;
emolument;
tribute;
batta†,
shot,
scot;
bonus,
premium,
tip;
fee,
honorarium;
hire;
dasturi†,
dustoori†;
mileage.
crown
etc.
(decoration of honor)
877.
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Roget 950:
penitence,
contrition,
compunction,
repentance,
remorse;
regret
etc.
833.
self-reproach,
self-reproof,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
self-humiliation;
stings of conscience,
pangs of conscience,
qualms of conscience,
prickings of conscience†,
twinge of conscience,
twitch of conscience,
touch of conscience,
voice of conscience;
compunctious visitings of nature†.
acknowledgment,
confession
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
apology
etc.
952;
recantation
etc.
607;
penance
etc.
952;
resipiscence†.
awakened conscience,
deathbed repentance,
locus paenitentiae [Lat.],
stool of repentance,
cuttystool†.
penitent,
repentant,
Magdalen,
prodigal son,
a sadder and a wiser man"
[Coleridge].
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Roget 916:
gratitude,
thankfulness,
feeling of obligation,
sense of obligation.
acknowledgment,
recognition,
thanksgiving,
thanksgiving,
giving thanks;
thankful good will.
thanks,
praise,
benediction;
paean;
Te Deum [Lat.]
etc.
(worship)
990;
grace,
grace before meat,
grace after meat,
grace before meals,
grace after meals;
thank offering.
requital.
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Roget 807:
payment,
defrayment†;
discharge;
acquittance,
quittance;
settlement,
clearance,
liquidation,
satisfaction,
reckoning,
arrangement.
acknowledgment,
release;
receipt,
receipt in full,
receipt in full of all demands;
voucher.
salary,
compensation,
remuneration
(reward)
973.
repayment,
reimbursement,
retribution;
pay
etc.
(reward)
973;
money paid
etc.
(expenditure)
809.
ready money
etc.
(cash)
800;
stake,
remittance,
installment.
payer,
liquidator
etc.
801.
pay cash,
pay cash on the barrelhead.
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Roget 772:
observance,
performance,
compliance,
acquiescence,
concurrence;
obedience
etc.
743;
fulfillment,
satisfaction,
discharge;
acquittance,
acquittal.
adhesion,
acknowledgment;
fidelity
etc.
(probity)
939;
exact
etc.
494;
observance.
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Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
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Roget 488:
assent,
assentment†;
acquiescence,
admission;
nod;
accord,
concord,
concordance;
agreement
etc.
23;
affirmance,
affirmation;
recognition,
acknowledgment,
avowal;
confession of faith.
unanimity,
common consent,
consensus,
acclamation,
chorus,
vox populi;
popular belief,
current belief,
current opinion;
public opinion;
concurrence
etc.
(of causes)
178;
cooperation
etc.
(voluntary)
709.
ratification,
confirmation,
corroboration,
approval,
acceptance,
visa;
indorsement
etc.
(record)
551†.
consent
etc.
(compliance)
762.
pressure to conform,
herd instinct,
peer pressure.
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Roget 462:
answer,
response,
reply,
replication,
riposte,
rejoinder,
surrejoinder†,
rebutter,
surrebutter†,
retort,
repartee;
rescript,
rescription†;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
acknowledgment;
password;
echo;
counter statement.
discovery
etc.
480.1;
solution
etc.
(explanation)
522;
rationale
etc.
(cause)
153;
clue
etc.
(indication)
550.
Oedipus;
oracle
etc.
513;
return
etc.
(record)
551.
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Roget 762:
consent;
assent
etc.
488;
acquiescence;
approval
etc.
931;
compliance,
agreement,
concession;
yieldance†,
yieldingness†;
accession,
acknowledgment,
acceptance,
agnition†.
settlement,
ratification,
confirmation,
adjustment.
permit
etc.
(permission)
760;
promise
etc.
768.
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Dutch: bekentenis, ontvangstbevestiging, toekenning, herkenning, dankbetuiging, dankzegging, erkenning
Polish: rozpoznawalność
2 acknowledgment
A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage:
— The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book.
synonyms: citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference.
Dutch: vermelding
3 acknowledgment
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.
synonym: acknowledgement.
Dutch: bedankje
Polish: serdeczności, wyrazy
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