Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recognition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recognition \Rec`og*ni"tion\, n. [L. recognitio: cf. F.
recognition. See {Recognizance}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recognition
n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
[syn: {acknowledgment}, {acknowledgement}]
2: the process of recognizing something or someone by
remembering [syn: {identification}]
3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she
tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
[syn: {credit}]
4: coming to understand something by thinking about it; "a
growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
consciousness of the problem he faced" [syn: {realization},
{realisation}]
5: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger
candidate" [syn: {preferment}]
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