recognition

The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.

An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.

An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim.

Attention or favorable notice.

Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.

The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate and antibody-antigen interactions.

A repeated cognition.

This time minus the time required for the simple reaction.

The act of recognizing; a knowing again; consciousness that a given object is identical with an object previously cognized.

A formal avowal of knowledge and approval or sanction; acknowledgment: as, the recognition of one government by another as an independent sovereignty or as a belligerent.