Collocations for acknowledge - verb

fully
freely, readily
grudgingly, reluctantly
clearly, explicitly
implicitly, tacitly
The peace settlement effectively acknowledged the country's independence.

formally, officially
openly, publicly
He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake.

privately
gratefully
barely
duly
The company duly acknowledged receipt of the letter.

hereby
I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter of July 25.

fail to, refuse to
be forced to
Mental illness can exist for years before families are forced to acknowledge the truth.

be generally acknowledged, be universally acknowledged, be widely acknowledged
a truth that is universally acknowledged

Acknowledge is used with these nouns as the subject:
document, report

Acknowledge is used with these nouns as the object:
applause, assistance, compliment, contribution, debt, error, existence, extent, fact, failing, fault, greeting, help, importance, influence, letter, liability, limit, limitation, merit, mistake, nature, need, possibility, presence, problem, reality, receipt, responsibility, right, role, salute, shortcoming, superiority, support, supremacy, truth, validity, weakness, wrong