- recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement - the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
--1 is a kind of acceptance
Derived forms: verb acknowledge1, verb acknowledge6 - citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
--2 is a kind of note, annotation, notation
--2 has particulars: photo credit; cross-reference, cross-indexDerived form: verb acknowledge3 - acknowledgment, acknowledgement - 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"
--3 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--3 has particulars:Derived forms: verb acknowledge3, verb acknowledge4, verb acknowledge6