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   Re·cog·ni·zance

   /rəˈkäɡnəz(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a bond by which a person undertakes before a court or magistrate to observe some condition, especially to appear when summoned: "he was released on his own recognizance"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French reconnissance, from reconnaistre ‘recognize’.

   Scrabble Points: 26

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • G

     2

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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