1) Accept applause 2) Accept recognition 3) Acknowledge applause 4) Acknowledge the applause 5) Acknowledge the bravos 6) Madonna chart-topper 
[Muse Song] This image is from the Hampton University Museum Archives. ...[Rihanna song] `Take a Bow` is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (2008), the re-release of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). The song was written and produced by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, and Shaffer Smith under their stage names StarGate and Ne-Yo. `Take a Bow` was releas...
[v] - acknowledge praise or accept credit 2. [v] - acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance
verb acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance