recognition

[Lat. recognitionem, acc us. of recognitio =a knowing again, from recognitus, pa. par. of recognosco =to recognize (q.v.); French récognition; Ital. recognizione.] 1. The act of recognizing; a recovery and acknowledgment of a knowledge of a person or thing; the state of being recognized. "Recognition of a thing, as present."-Grew: Cosmo. Sacra . 2. The act of recognizing, acknowledging, avowing, or sanctioning; the state of being recognized, acknowledged, or sanctioned. "But the view in which the state regards the practice of morality is evidently seen in its recognition of that famous maxim." -War burton: The Alliance. (Post. to 4th ed.)