The word "acknowledge" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to express an understanding or recognition of a fact or situation. For example, "I acknowledge that my behavior was inappropriate and apologize for any offense I may have caused.".
We acknowledge that.
We have to acknowledge that pre-1788, this land was as Aboriginal then as it is Australian now and until we have acknowledged that, we will be an incomplete nation and a torn people.
We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past and present.
His heroism had been forgotten, but doing something like this means you give the person whose life was cut short another chance, and you acknowledge the part their life played in the next chapter of your family's story".
So her protestations of ordinariness might all seem somewhat disingenuous – though it's refreshing to hear a pop megastar acknowledge concepts such as luck and chance, rather than grimly trotting out American dream cliches and Protestant work ethic myths – were it not for her own career decisions bearing it out.
"The fact that Indonesia for a long time refused to even acknowledge that there was a double standard in their insistence that Australia was infringing their sovereignty by appealing for clemency, while at the same time appealing for clemency for its own citizens facing the death penalty in other countries, that has been really quite damaging from Australia's point of view," he said.
For all the optimism, church insiders privately acknowledge the decline of what are often already tiny rural churches means something will have to change.
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