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								the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged 2.
								a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
 the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
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								a statement acknowledging something or someone
 she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
 the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
 
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