acknowledgment vs acknowledgement
Definitions
noun
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- a statement acknowledging something or someone
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Examples
It is not so much an abasement of self as an acknowledgment that one's own way may not be the only or even the best way.
A veil of acknowledgment swept across her face as she slowly lifted her eyes and shifted her expression to see me.
So the cost of the strikes, politically, is denouncement from a Pakistani government that can’t tolerate a public acknowledgment of its complicity.
Definitions
noun
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- a statement acknowledging something or someone
Examples
Mostly she wrote about her feelings about her body and her recent acknowledgement to herself that she was suffering from anorexia.
The driver nodded in acknowledgement and a further 20 seconds of silence passed before he spoke again.
For a variety of reasons it has become my custom to mention my former colleague in the acknowledgements for my books.
