Word Finder - acknowledgments

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The act of acknowledging

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• admission

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The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

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A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.

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An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.

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the acknowledgment of a favor

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A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.

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the acknowledgment of a wedding invitation

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A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).

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A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.

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acknowledgment of a deed

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The act of a person admitting a child as their own.

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A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

The sacrifices and offerings were acknowledgments of divine bounty and means used to insure its continuance; the Arab was the " slave " of his god and paid him tribute, as slaves used to do to their masters, or subjects to their lords; and the free Bedouin, trained in the solitude of the desert to habits of absolute self-reliance, knew no master except his god, and acknowledged no other will before which his own should bend.

In the outburst of indignation, followed by increasing disaffection in Ireland, which this event produced, Grattan acted with conspicuous moderation and loyalty, which won for him warm acknowledgments from a member of the English cabinet.2 That cabinet, however, doubtless influenced by the wishes of the king, was now determined firmly to resist the Catholic demands, with the result that the country rapidly drifted towards rebellion.

Speaking from this vantage point, " building a human rights state " should also include these three basic acknowledgments.

The latter will provide the required copyright acknowledgments to be stated alongside reproduced materials.

Since this page cannot legibly accommodate all copyright notices, the acknowledgments constitute an extension of the copyright notice.