recognition

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

• “the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work”
• “she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own”

the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

• “a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces”
• “experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer”

approval

• “give her recognition for trying”
• “he was given credit for his work”
• “give her credit for trying”
• “the credits were given at the end of the film”

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

• “a growing realization of the risk involved”
• “a sudden recognition of the problem he faced”
• “increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases”

(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

• “molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities”

the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

• “territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala”

an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

• “the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States”

designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

• “he was unable to make his motion because he couldn”