1.the act of designating or identifying something
2.attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
3.evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
4.the condition of having your identity established;
the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest
5.the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces