Usually means: Recognition of existence, contribution, validity.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word acknowledgment:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. acknowledgment: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acknowledgment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acknowledgment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acknowledgment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acknowledgment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acknowledgment, acknowledgment: Wordnik
  7. acknowledgment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acknowledgment: Wiktionary
  9. acknowledgment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acknowledgment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acknowledgment: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acknowledgment: Dictionary.com
  13. acknowledgment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Acknowledgment (creative arts), Acknowledgment (law), Acknowledgment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Acknowledgment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. acknowledgment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. acknowledgment: Rhymezone
  18. Acknowledgment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. acknowledgment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. acknowledgment: Free Dictionary
  21. acknowledgment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. acknowledgment: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. acknowledgment: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. acknowledgment: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. acknowledgment: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. acknowledgment: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. acknowledgment: Legal dictionary
  7. acknowledgment: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acknowledgment: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scientology® and Dianetics® (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of acknowledging
noun:  The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
noun:  A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
noun:  An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
noun:  A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
noun:  (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
noun:  A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
noun:  (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
noun:  (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

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