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Recognition

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WordDefinition
realizationnounAn act of figuring out or becoming aware.
acknowledgmentnounThe act of acknowledging
prefermentnounAdvancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
realisationnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization. [The act of realizing, as:]
identificationnounA document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
acknowledgementnoun(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment. [The act of acknowledging]
creditnounReliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.

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WordDefinition
realizationnounAn act of figuring out or becoming aware.
realisationnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization. [The act of realizing, as:]
identificationnounA document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
acknowledgmentnounThe act of acknowledging
creditnounReliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
prefermentnounAdvancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
acknowledgementnoun(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment. [The act of acknowledging]
recognizeverb(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
recognisabilitynounThe quality of being recognisable.
understandverb(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
considerationnounThe thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
cognizantAware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.
identifyingnounAn act of identification.
understandingnoun(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
validationnounThe act of validating something.
knowledgenounThe fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
reasonnoun(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
affirmationnounThat which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
confirmationnounA verification that something is true or has happened.
affirmverbTo assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

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