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Definition of acknowledge : 1. 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.
2. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
3. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
4. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.

Synonyms:

bang, hand-wringing, confess, lie with, eff, discern, note, detect, recognize, attach importance/significance/value/weight to something, have it off, find, take on, tell apart, prize, high five, allow, do it, jazz, avow, shout out, be intimate, hold, knowledge, thank, moon, know, get laid, have intercourse, own, confirm, agnize, intromit, grant, get it on, appreciate, love, experience, present, uphold, indicate, fess, respect, take, bed, make much of something, come clean, pick out, have it away, live, remark, comment, realise, agree, accommodate, roll in the hay, make out, have sex, distinguish, discover, motion, see in, dig, realize, pay your respects (to someone), cognize, sleep together, disclose, put someone/something before/over/above, have a go at it, screw, fess up, make love, recognise, agnise, spot, hump, owe, subscribe to, receipt, value, concede, sleep with, bonk, set/put/lay (great) store by/on something, include, be/feel obligated to someone, cognise, flip off, flag down, allow in, let in, point out, let on, respond to, study at, cherish, beckon, observe, meet

come back, reply, counter-state, respond, return, answer, counter, explain, rebut, retort, echo, countercharge, expound, counter-accuse, counter-reply, counterclaim

attribute, ascribe, connect, cite, assign, apply, impute, cast, mark, place, refer, set, attach, brand, blame, accredit, credit

profess, propound, accept, ratify, pledge, validate, contend, certify, affirm, declare, promise, corroborate, express, maintain, sustain, submit, endorse, attest, warrant, verify, claim, adjure, testify, admit, assert, approve, support, proclaim, state, avouch, aver, pronounce, assure, set down

dispatch, correspond, post

justify, deny, object, react, refute, defend

kowtow, welcome, salute, notice, smile, greet, accost, receive, hail, approach, salaam, curtsy, hug, bow, signal, vociferate, wave, embrace, shake hands with, nod, kiss

Usage examples:

• The people of whose history we know the least are the relations we refuse to acknowledge. - "The Parisians, Book 11.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• Do you acknowledge that? - "Daisy in the Field", Elizabeth Wetherell.
• You have lived in Burgsdorf ever since your marriage; you must acknowledge that yourself! - "The Northern Light", E. Werner.