Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Acknowledgment \Ac*knowl"edg*ment\ (-ment), n.
   1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning;
      confession. ``An acknowledgment of fault.'' --Froude.

   2. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character
      or relationship; recognition as regards the existence,
      authority, truth, or genuineness.

            Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian
            faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. --Hooker.

   3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition;
      expression of thanks. --Shak.

   4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message,
      etc. --Smollett.

   5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal
      validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper
      officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting
      such declaration.

   {Acknowledgment money}, in some parts of England, a sum paid
      by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as
      an acknowledgment of their new lords. --Cowell.

   Syn: Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal;
        recognizance.