Main entry: acknowledgement, acknowledgment
Definition: a statement acknowledging something or someone
Usage: she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment; the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
Main entry: mention, quotation, reference, citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit
Definition: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Usage: 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
Main entry: recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgment
Definition: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Usage: 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