D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Recognition

/(rĕk`ŏg*nĭsh"ŭn)/ · Rec·og·ni·tion · IPA /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
01 n. The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
  1. 1.
    The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
    “The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.” Hooker.