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Recognition

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Broader term 14

Acceptance 76% connected

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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Appointment 76% connected

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Commendation 76% connected

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

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Credence 76% connected

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

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Designation 76% connected

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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Diplomacy 76% connected

The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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Naming 76% connected

of Name

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Remembering 76% connected

of Remember

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Commemoration 76% connected

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

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Identity 76% connected

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

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Memorial 76% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Ovation 76% connected

A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

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Remembrance 76% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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Salutation 76% connected

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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Salute 76% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Credit 74% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Credit 74% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Identify 74% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Identify 74% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Synonym 5

Acknowledgement 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acknowledgment 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Credit 92% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Identification 92% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Realization 92% connected

The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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