Recognizance

Definition: Recognizance

Recognizance

Noun

1. (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited.

Date "recognizance" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century from the Middle English expression "reconisaunce". (references)

Domain	Definitions
Law	Deed by which a person confirms a previous deed and agrees to its execution. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Recognizance

Synonym: recognisance (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Security	Recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Recognizance

English words defined with "recognizance": Acknowledgment money ♦ Bailpiece ♦ Estreat, Estreat of a recognizance ♦ Recognizee, Recognizor. (references)

Specialty definitions using "recognizance": Release On Recognizance. (references)

Etymologies containing "recognizance": recognition, Recognizee, Recognizor, Recognosce. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Djibouti	DAF was charged with defamation and dissemination of false information and was released on his own recognizance after 7 hours. (references)
	Georgia	Shortly thereafter the Procurator questioned Father Mkalavishvili and released him on his own recognizance with the understanding that he was not to leave Tbilisi. (references)
Human Rights	Mali	On occasion the authorities released defendants on their own recognizance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Recognizance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Recognizance" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Expressions using "recognizance": Estreat of a recognizance ♦ Release On Recognizance. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "recognizance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pranim (acceptance, acknowledgement, admission, admittance, avowal, confession, reception, recipiency, recognition, understanding), garanci (assurance, bail, cover, earnest, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pawn, pledge, surety, warrant, warranty), angazhim (commitment, engagement, obligation, recruitment, vow). (various references)

Arabic		‏الإقرار الالتزامي. (various references)

Bulgarian		разпознаване (recognition), гаранция (bail, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pledge, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warrant, warranty), задължение (bond, call, char, charge, commitment, committal, duty, engagement, guaranty, job, liability, obligation, office, onus, place, responsibility, tie), признаване (acknowledgement, recognition). (various references)

Czech		závazek (bond, commitment, engagement, liability, obligation, pledge, undertaking). (various references)

Finnish		tunnustamistoimi (recognitory act). (various references)

French		engagement. (various references)

German		Anerkenntnis (recognitory act). (various references)

Greek		χρηματική εγγύηση (bail), εγγύηση (assurance, bail, ball, collateral, collateral investment, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, deed of contract, deposit, guarantee, guarantee (security contexts), guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, guarantee of quality, guaranty, hallmark, security, sponsion, sponsorship, sureship, surety, surety bond, suretyship, warrant, warranty), εγγυητικό. (various references)

Hungarian		ismertetõjegy. (various references)

Italian		cauzione (bail, bond, caution, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, deed of contract, deposit, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, guaranty, security, surety, surety bond, suretyship), atto ricognitivo (recognitory act), atto di ricognizione (recognitory act). (various references)

Manx		banney, argid quaiyllee. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecognizanceray

Portuguese		fiança (bail, Gage, guarantee, sponsion, sponsorship, warrant, warranty), documento recognitivo (recognitory act), caução (bail, bailment, caution, collateral, collateral investment, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, coverage, deed of contract, deposit, Gage, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guaranty, pledge, security, sponsion, surety, surety-bond, warrant), acto de reconhecimento (recognitory act). (various references)

Romanian		recunoaştere (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, avowal, confession, exploration, recognition, reconnaissance, resipiscence, scout), zãlog (bail, deposit, forfeit, guarantee, guaranty, lien, pawn, security), obligaţie (bond, business, commitment, duty, imposition, indebtedness, liability, obligation, onus, part, pledge, plight, servitude, stint, task), mãrturisire (admission, avouchment, avowal, confession, confidence, profession), garanţie (assurance, bail, bailment, earnest, faith, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, indemnification, liability, lien, pledge, security, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, token, warrant), angajament (bond, commitment, engagement, instruction, plight, undertaking), admitere (acceptance, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, admittance, adoption, allowance, enlisting, enlistment, enrolment, entertainment, receiving, reception). (various references)

Russian		обязательство (bond, commitment, committal, engagement, liability, obligation, obligations, plight, promis, promissory, undertaking), залог (bail, caution money, deposit, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, lien, pawn, pledge, surety). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pismena obaveza. (various references)

Spanish		reconocimiento (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, appreciation, checkup, delineation, exam, exploration, gratefulness, gratitude, inspection, recce, recognition, reconnaissance, scout, survey, thankfulness), obligación contraída, fianza (bail, bond, contingent liability from guarantee, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, credit commitment guarantee for third parties, deed of contract, deposit, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, guarantee liability, guarantee on behalf of the bank and on behalf of third parties, guarantee on behalf of third parties, guaranty, liability from guarantee, security, surety, surety bond, suretyship). (various references)

Swedish		ratihabitionshandling (recognitory act), garantisumma, förbindelse (alliance, association, bond, communication, concern, connection, connexion, contact, engagement, interconnection, intercourse, junction, liaison, link, rapport, relation, service, undertaking). (various references)

Turkish		teminât (assurance, bail, caution, caution money, deposit, down payment, earnest, Gage, guarantee, hostage, indemnification, indemnity, pledge, security, surety, warrant), tanıma (acknowledgement, acquaintance, exequatur, familiarization, identification, recognition, spotting), kefalet (bail, bailment, caution, caution money, guarantee, guaranty, indemnification, security, sponsion, suretyship, warranty). (various references)

Ukranian		зобов'язання, що стосу�"ться поручительства, застава (bail, bailment, barrier, bond, borrow, gate, guarantee, hostage, mortgage, outpost, pawn, pledge, toll bar). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old French	900-1400	reconissance. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "recognizance": recognizances. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Recognizance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: recognisance, recognisances, recognizances. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "recognizance" (pronounced rikÄ"nuzuns)
6	-n u z u n s	cognizance.
4	-z u n s	Defeasance, malfeasance, omnipresence, presence.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-g-i-n-n-o-r-z"
	-2 letters: carcinogen, cognizance, congeneric.
	-3 letters: careening, concierge, ignorance, organzine, recognize, recoinage.
	-4 letters: canoeing, canonize, cicerone, cocinera, coercing, cognizer, congener, cozenage, cozening, crannoge, croceine, encoring, erogenic, graecize, narceine, organize, razeeing, recaning, rezoning.
	-5 letters: acrogen, acronic, agenize, aginner, agonize, anergic, cannier, canonic, canzone, canzoni, cicoree, cocaine, cognize, coinage, concern, coreign, corneae, cornice, corning, cozener, craning, crannog, crazing, crocein, crocine, earning, eccrine, engrain, generic, grannie, grecize, narcein, nearing, negroni, oceanic, organic, reginae, zeroing, zingano, zingare, zingaro.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-g-i-n-n-o-r-z"
	+1 letter: recognizances.
	+5 letters: reconceptualizing.
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