14 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
noun a statement acknowledging something or someone
originEtymology tree English acknowledge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English acknowledgment From acknowledge + -ment.
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