noun.
This time minus the time required for the simple reaction.
noun.
A repeated cognition.
noun.
The act of recognizing; a knowing again; consciousness that a given object is identical with an object previously cognized.
noun.
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.
noun.
Cognizance; notice taken; acceptance.
noun.
In Scots law, the recovery of lands by the proprietor when they fall to him by the fault of the vassal; or, generally, any return of the feu to the superior, by whatever ground of eviction.