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recognizance

recognizance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak.
  2. 2.Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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