Anagrams of: RETROCOGNITIONS

• the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

• the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

• approval

• coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

• (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

• the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

• an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

• designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

• restricting the scope or freedom of action

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

• excessive crowding

• become tight or as if tight

• the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

• an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

• a struggle between rivals

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• twist and press out of shape