RECOGNITION

/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 18

Scrabble letter values: R₁E₁C₃O₁G₂N₁I₁T₁I₁O₁N₁ = 14

Definition

noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged. — synonyms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement
noun the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering. — synonyms: identification
noun approval. — synonyms: credit
noun coming to understand something clearly and distinctly. — synonyms: realization, realisation
noun (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape.
noun the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country.
noun an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid.
noun designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.

“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”
“a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces”