acknowledgment: Meaning and Definition of

ac•knowl•edg•ment

1. an act of acknowledging.
2. recognition of the existence or truth of something: the acknowledgment of a sovereign power.
3. an expression of appreciation.
4. a thing done or given in appreciation or gratitude.
1. a declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document.
2. an official certificate of a formal acknowledging.
3. public recognition by a man of an illegitimate child as his own.