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acknowledgment
A	noun
	1	acknowledgment, acknowledgement
				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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚acknowledgment, acknowledgement ╚declination; regrets ╚condolence; commiseration ╚mea culpa ╚apology ╚handshake; shake; handshaking; handclasp ╚aloha; ciao ╚greeting; salutation ╚farewell; word of farewell ╚receipt ╚credits
	2	citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
				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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚comment; commentary ╚note; annotation; notation ╚citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation ╚cross-reference; cross-index ╚photo credit
	3	recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement
				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"
		Category Tree: state ╚situation; state of affairs ╚acceptance ╚recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement

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