11 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
noun the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
noun approval
originInherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.
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