acknowledge synonyms

acknowledge

v.

  1. To admit

    concede, admit, confess, declare; see admit 2, 3.

  2. To recognize the authority of

    recognize, accept, endorse, certify, confirm, uphold, support, ratify, approve, defend, subscribe to, acquiesce in, accede to, make legal, attest to, take an oath by, defer to, have to hand it to*.

  3. To answer

    respond to, reply to, answer, thank, recognize, make acknowledgment, notice, R.S.V.P.; see also greet, thank. See syn. study atadmit.

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