Noun

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species

The state of being identified.

A particular instance of identifying something.

information necessary to make a good identification

A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

The authorities asked for his identification

A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.

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Noun

(en-noun)

the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized

He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,

Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition ; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.

an awareness that something observed has been observed before

acceptance as valid or true

The law was a recognition of their civil rights.

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With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get

official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country

honour, favourable note, or attention

The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.