recognition

Meaning

Noun

• The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized .
• Acceptance as valid or true.
• Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
• Honour, favourable note, or attention.
• The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
• A return of the feu to the superior.

Origin

• From Latin recognitionem (accusative of recognitio), from stem recognit, past participle of recognoscere.