acknowledgement
noun
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a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passageโThe acknowledgment in the book's preface made note of all of the people who provided the author research assistance.โ
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a statement acknowledging something or someoneโYour acknowledgment meant the world to them.โ
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the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledgedโThey received acknowledgment wherever they went.โrecognition