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admission |
acknowledgment or acceptance of a point at issue. [1/4 definitions] |
admittedly |
by the willing confession, admission, or acknowledgment (of the speaker). |
avowal |
an open declaration, acknowledgment, or admission. |
bow1 |
to bend the head or the upper part of the body forward in greeting, acknowledgment, consent, submission, or the like. [2/8 definitions] |
cognizance |
perception or acknowledgment of fact. [1/2 definitions] |
confront |
to present for solution or acknowledgment. [1/3 definitions] |
congratulation |
(pl.) used as an expression of praise and acknowledgment. [1/2 definitions] |
credit |
approving acknowledgment; praise; recognition. [2/12 definitions] |
doff |
to tip or remove (one's hat) in greeting or acknowledgment. [1/3 definitions] |
mourning |
conventional outward signs of grief over a death, or of acknowledgment of it, as by the wearing of armbands, black clothing, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
receipt |
to write out a slip in acknowledgment of (a payment or delivery). [1/5 definitions] |
recognition |
formal acknowledgment or approval. [2/4 definitions] |
thanks |
an acknowledgment of gratitude for a benefit received. [1/3 definitions] |
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