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Acknowledge

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

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Broader term 9

Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Adjudge 76% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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React 76% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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Respond 76% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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Thank 76% connected

A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now…

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Manner of action 13

Apologize 76% connected

To make an apology or defense.

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Appreciate 76% connected

To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

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Attorn 76% connected

To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the es…

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Avouch 76% connected

To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

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Avow 76% connected

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Concede 76% connected

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

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Confess 76% connected

To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

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Grudge 76% connected

To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to…

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

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Profess 76% connected

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

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Squeal 76% connected

To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Derivationally related 8

Acknowledgement 74% connected

a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledg…

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Acknowledgement 74% connected

a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledg…

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Acknowledgment 74% connected

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

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Acknowledgment 74% connected

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

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Admission 74% connected

The act or practice of admitting.

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Admission 74% connected

The act or practice of admitting.

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Notice 74% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Notice 74% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Synonym 5

Admit 92% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Know 92% connected

Knee.

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Notice 92% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Receipt 92% connected

The act of receiving; reception.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recognize 92% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Antonym 2

Deny 94% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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Deny 94% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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