Definition of "acknowledgement" []

• The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. (noun)
• The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. (noun)
• An award or other expression or token of appreciation. (noun)
• An expression of gratitude. (noun)
• A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood. (noun)

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• "But ministers should realise that it will take far more than the government's own political priorities to deliver success ... and a word of acknowledgement wouldn't go amiss."
• "Finally we have donated the plates we used to use at university to the charity shop, and I have at last thrown out a bag of spelt flour in acknowledgement of the fact I will never have the time or really the inclination to bake bread."
• ""We've got bigger fish to fry now," said Sampson in acknowledgement of how Northampton's form has nose-dived since they triumphed at Anfield; the side has lost their past five league matches and sit second bottom in League Two."