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acknowledge

verb

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To recognize or admit that something exists or is true.

She was willing to acknowledge a weakness in her argument.
Dictionary practice example.
When a student newsletter printed the wrong room for a poetry reading, its editor chose to acknowledge the mistake as soon as a reader contacted her.
From Owning a Preventable Mistake.
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