To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.

report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"

express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"

v.t. to express gratitude for (a gift or service) in written or oral form, communicated privately or publicly.

To confirm that a message or signal has been received such as by the pressing of a button or the selection of a software command.

(1.) To answer. To respond to a poll, address, or message. (2.) In the X.25 API, to confirm that a data packet with the D-bit set has arrived.

A message sent by the intersection manager to driver agents to acknowledge the receipt of a Cancel or Reservation-Completed message. Once a driver agent has received this message after sending a Cancel message, it knows that the reservation it held previously has been cancelled and it is free to send a new Request message.

An expression used in radiocommunication meaning "Let me know that you have received and understood this message." Fr: « Accusez réception