Why do you think taht I have used the wrong definition Why don t you presume that numbering in the wiktionary has a certain reason Even if the second definition is applied here where is the way to wikt acknowledge To admit the knowledge of to recognize as a fact or truth to declare one s belief in as to acknowledge the being of a God the existence of independent I repeat maybe term nondependant is better here country How do you acknowledge the legality of nondependant Kosovo Or to put it simpler how do you recognize a country If you have an answer to that than you will conclude that you as an entity must be a country yourself if not even be all the countries of the world Everything you give as an argument sums up to the POV that there is no objective not to say legal way to recognize some country And that a POV of the definiton of the term recognition is also subject to POV All the best s talk