agnition
noun
plural -s
obsolete
: recognition, acknowledgment
Word History
Etymology
Middle English agnicioun, borrowed from Latin agnitiōn-, agnitiō, from agni- (variant stem of agnōscere "to recognize, acknowledge," from ad- ad- + gnōscere, nōscere "to get to know") + -tiōn-, -tiō, noun suffix
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above