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recognition definition

rec·og·ni·tion (rek′əg nis̸hən)

noun

    1. a recognizing or being recognized; acknowledgment; admission, as of a fact
    2. acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc. in recognition of her services
  1. formal acknowledgment by a government of the independence and sovereignty of a state newly created, as by secession, or of a government newly set up, as by revolution
  2. identification of some person or thing as having been known before or as being of a certain kind
  3. notice, as in passing; greeting; salutation

Etymology: L recognitio < recognitus, pp. of recognoscere: see recognizance

Related Forms:

  • recognitory re·cog′·ni·to′ry (ri kägnə tôr′ē) adjective or recognitive re·cog′·ni·tive (-tiv)

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