recognition

noun

1.
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
acknowledgement acknowledgment
2.
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
acknower identification
Derived from:
recognize
3.
4.
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
realisation realization
5.
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
6.
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
7.
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
acknowledged righthood
8.
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body