Ac*knowl"edg*ment (#), n.
1.
The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
"An
acknowledgment of fault."
Froude.
2.
The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip.
Hooker.
3.
The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
Shak.
4.
Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
Smollett.
5.
A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.
Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.
Cowell.
Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.
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