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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Acknowledgment

/(ăk*nŏl"ĕj*ment)/ · Ac·knowl·edg·ment · IPA /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
01 n. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
  1. 1.
    The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
  2. 2.
    The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone.
    “Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip.” — Hooker.
  3. 3.
    The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks.
  4. 4.
    Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
  5. 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.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Syn. recognition — Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.