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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How to use acknowledgment in a sentence?

1. Scott Morrison:

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

2. Rodrigo Catril:

   The Fed’s acknowledgment of a slowdown in the pace of the recovery and dependency on vaccine roll out are not new news, but it does provide equity investors a bit of a reality check, pushing out the timing for recovery.

3. Ken Wyatt:

   It is an acknowledgment that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures date back 65,000 years.

4. Pliny the Elder:

   In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

5. Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay:

   The reparation programs set up immediately after the war, and those introduced in the past fifteen years, are the tangible symbol of the official acknowledgment in 1995 of France's' imprescriptible debt' towards the victims of the Holocaust.