Antonyms for acknowledgmentac·knowl·edg·ment

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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.

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

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

   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:
   admittance, avowal, concession, recognition

How to use acknowledgment in a sentence?

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. Scott Allen:

   Each passing day of continued detention of children -- and no acknowledgment of the risk that we have reported -- alarms me even more.

3. Barack Obama:

   My family, my kids, work that gives me satisfaction, having fun, hell, not being a buzzkill. And sometimes Democrats are. Sometimes people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells, and they want some acknowledgment that life is messy and that all of us, at any given moment, can say things the wrong way, make mistakes.

4. Scott Morrison:

   It's an acknowledgment that a mainstream party in Australia needs to have a climate change policy in order to be electable.

5. Liz Pearce:

   My kids are very happy to help me do this.Two of them are going to school online and my oldest daughter is working remotely at an internship. I think we all view this as a moment of connection with students who may feel alone, or sad because they arent with their family. Its an acknowledgment that were all in this together.

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