acknowledgment

Noun

• 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
    

• 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 cases
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  acknowledgement , citation , cite , credit , reference , mention , quotation , recognition