meaning of acknowledgments
1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
2. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
5. A declaration or avowal of ones 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.
6. 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
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