acknowledgment
noun
ac·knowl·edg·ment
ik-ˈnä-lij-mənt 
ak-
variants
or acknowledgement
1
a
: the act of acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment of a mistake
b
: recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement
received acknowledgment for his charitable works
2
: a thing done or given in recognition of something received
an author's acknowledgments of assistance
3
law
: a declaration or avowal of one's act or of a fact to give it legal validity
Examples of acknowledgment in a Sentence
They made several public acknowledgments of their company's mistake.
He paid the fine without acknowledgment of his guilt.
Special acknowledgments will be made at the end of the meeting.
He has finally received the acknowledgment he deserves for his charitable work.
They presented him with an award in acknowledgment of his charitable work.
He's the first person mentioned in the book's acknowledgments.
We sent an acknowledgment that we received their letter.
He never received an acknowledgment of his payment.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio emerged from a 40-minute meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday with an acknowledgment that talks between Moscow and Kyiv for peace in Ukraine have not progressed much.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 10 July 2025
That acknowledgment comes as Iran’s theocracy has slowly begun to admit the scale of the damage wrought by the 12-day war with Israel, which saw Israeli fighter jets decimate the country’s air defenses and conduct strikes at will over the Islamic Republic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
While some fans booed, others clapped and cheered in acknowledgment of Russell, a fan favorite at Sporting who spent seven years at the club.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
But that becomes harder as a war drags on, with the aggressor now seeking also to avoid the humiliation of defeat and the acknowledgment that the assumptions behind the war were flawed to begin with.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 10 July 2025
That acknowledgment comes as Iran’s theocracy has slowly begun to admit the scale of the damage wrought by the 12-day war with Israel, which saw Israeli fighter jets decimate the country’s air defenses and conduct strikes at will over the Islamic Republic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
While some fans booed, others clapped and cheered in acknowledgment of Russell, a fan favorite at Sporting who spent seven years at the club.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
But that becomes harder as a war drags on, with the aggressor now seeking also to avoid the humiliation of defeat and the acknowledgment that the assumptions behind the war were flawed to begin with.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for acknowledgment
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“Acknowledgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acknowledgment. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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acknowledgment
noun
ac·knowl·edg·ment
variants
also acknowledgement
ik-ˈnäl-ij-mənt
ak-
1
a
: the act of acknowledging
b
: an act of acknowledging some deed or achievement
2
: something done or given in return for something received
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