Synonyms for acknowledgment
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1. acknowledgmentnoun

   The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

   Synonyms:
   ACK, recognition, avowal, admission, concession, recognizance, confession

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1. acknowledgment

   All these words express one's answer to a charge of wrong or error that is or might be made. Apology has undergone a remarkable change from its old sense of a valiant defense — as in Justin Martyr's Apologies for the Christian faith — to its present meaning of humble confession and concession. He who offers an apology admits himself, at least technically and seemingly, in the wrong. An apology is for what one has done or left undone; an excuse may be for what one proposes to do or leave undone as well; as, one sends beforehand his excuse for not accepting an invitation; if he should fail either to be present or to excuse himself, an apology would be in order. An excuse for a fault is an attempt at partial justification; as, one alleges haste as an excuse for carelessness. Confession is a full acknowledgment of wrong, generally of a grave wrong, with or without apology or excuse. Plea ranges in sense from a prayer for favor or pardon to an attempt at full vindication. Defense, exculpation, justification, and vindication are more properly antonyms than synonyms of apology in its modern sense, and should be so given, but for their connection with its historic usage. Compare CONFESS; DEFENSE.

   Synonyms:
   apology, confession, defense, exculpation, excuse, justification, plea, vindication

   Antonyms:
   accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, imputation, injury, insult, offense, wrong

   Preposition:
   An apology to the guest for the oversight would be fitting.

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1. recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgementnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   credit, mention, identification, citation, quotation, reference, acknowledgement, cite, realization, realisation, recognition

2. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   extension, denotation, commendation, course credit, book of facts, character reference, credit rating, reference point, character, reference, mention, citation, honorable mention, deferred payment, acknowledgement, reference book, quote, credit entry, recognition, computer address, consultation, address, source, quotation, cite, point of reference, credit, reference work

3. acknowledgment, acknowledgementnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   credit, recognition, reference, citation, quotation, mention, acknowledgement, cite

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1. acknowledgmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   recognition, recognizance

2. acknowledgmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   admission, avowal, concession, allowance, acceptance, indorsement

3. acknowledgmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   expression of thanks or gratitude

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1. acknowledgmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   admittance, avowal, concession, recognition

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1. List of paraphrases for "acknowledgment":

   recognition, acknowledgement, appreciation, acknowledgements, reconnaissance, accused, confirmation, acknowledgments

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1. Elliot Williams:

   A pardon is actually in effect an acknowledgment that wrongdoing or a chargeable crime has happened. So he wouldn't just be looking guilty, he'd be acknowledging that he committed an offense.

2. Paul Smith:

   What we look at in our framework is taking the recent cases that strengthen the need for a trust building framework with police that entails acknowledgment of harm by law enforcement leaders, hopefully that this is a way to bring community voices into the work of public safety and a pivot away from just the militarized kind of policing that happens.

3. David Keefe:

   That report did not surprise me in terms of the content, because it’s been known for some time that infertility is much more prevalent than anyone wants to think about: Having a child and having a family is kind of a universal dream or aspiration for people from every country, from every region. What surprised me was the World Health Organization coming out in support of it, it was a welcome acknowledgment of the other foot dropping on the population front.

4. Nakhshabi:

   Everything that is acknowledges the blessing of existence. Shalt not thou, by a similar acknowledgment, be happy? If thou pay due attention to sounds, thou shalt hear the praise of the Creator celebrated by the whole creation.

5. Robert Bullard:

   If we're going to run this country like a business, it's time to address climate as the threat multiplier we know it is before more lives are lost, in Houston, communities of color have endured back to back major weather events without the acknowledgment from Washington that climate change is the cause. We've known for years that it's true and it's important to our organizing and our local policy efforts that information like this is not only considered, but believed and acted upon.