Category:Recognition

Rec`og*ni"tion, n. Etym: [l. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.]

Defn: the act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; Acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, Solemn recognition in the church of god. Hooker.