Noun

(en noun)

(British) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

(British) The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

(British) An award or other expression or token of appreciation.

(British) An expression of gratitude.

(British) A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.

a wedding invitation's acknowledgement

(British, telecommunications, computing, networking) A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.

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(British, legal) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.

(British, legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

Noun

(testimonies)

(legal) statements made by a witness in court.

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, date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991. }}

An account of first-hand experience.

* Milton

[Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.

In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

* Bible Mark vi. 11

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.