acknowledgment

ac·knowl·edg·ment or ac·knowl·edge·ment  (k-nlj-mnt)

n.

1. The act of admitting or owning to something.

2. Recognition of another's existence, validity, authority, or right.

3. An answer or response in return for something done.

4. An expression of thanks or a token of appreciation.

5. A formal declaration made to authoritative witnesses to ensure legal validity.

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acknowledgment or acknowledgement

Noun

1. the act of acknowledging something or someone

2. something done or given as an expression of gratitude

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A message from the addressee informing the originator that his or her communication has been received and is understood.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acknowledgment - the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" acknowledgement, recognition acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
	2.	acknowledgment - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" cite, quotation, reference, mention, citation, credit annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
	3.	acknowledgment - 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 her" acknowledgement credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) receipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) aloha, ciao - an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake - grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) apology - an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess" mea culpa - an acknowledgment of your error or guilt condolence, commiseration - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" regrets, declination - a polite refusal of an invitation admission - an acknowledgment of the truth of something thanks - an acknowledgment of appreciation

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acknowledgment or acknowledgement

noun 1. recognition, allowing, understanding, yielding, profession, admission, awareness, acceptance, confession, realization, accession, acquiescence

noun 2. greeting, welcome, notice, recognition, reception, hail, hailing, salute, salutation

noun 3. appreciation, answer, thanks, credit, response, reply, reaction, recognition, gratitude, indebtedness, thankfulness, gratefulness