acknowledging Definition

acknowledge
verb acknowledged, acknowledging

1. To admit or accept the truth of (a fact or situation).

Thesaurus: admit, confess, confirm, concede, grant, profess, own up, declare; Antonym: deny.
2. To accept something as valid or legal; to recognize it.
3. To report that one has received (what has been sent).
4. To express thanks for something.
5. To show that one has noticed or recognized someone, by greeting them, nodding one's head, etc.

Thesaurus: greet, hail, notice, address, recognize, respond to.
6. To accept someone as something; to accept someone's claim to be something.

Derivative: acknowledged
adj

Etymology: 16c: from earlier acknow to acknowledge + knowledge.