acknowledgment
     n 1: 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" [syn: {recognition}, {acknowledgement}]
     2: 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" [syn: {citation},
         {credit}, {reference}, {mention}, {quotation}]
     3: 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" [syn: {acknowledgement}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0