Acknowledging a non-monetary economy may potentially change the ways in which the unemployed, poor, women, and other stigmatized persons work is valued.
Acknowledging that they got it wrong, could be very embarrassing, confusing or distressing especially if they personally invested a lot in the wrong idea.
After acknowledging the creditors' vote in favour and establishing that the procedure was legally valid, the court formally approves the composition proposal.
These rigorous movements model the passage of an art work from rough notation to polished resolution while cannily acknowledging the ritual character of art's alternative space.
The etiquette extended to the pretension of never acknowledging the use of undergarments (in fact, they were sometimes generically referred to as unmentionables).