From Middle English reconisaunce, from Old French reconissance.

recognizance

1. (legal) A form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.

   The defendant was released on his own recognizance.

2. A token; a symbol; a pledge.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     That recognizance and pledge of love / Which I first gave her.

3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.

• recognizant

• Russian: обязательство, данный

• Russian: си́мвол