Turned incognito after role, essentially avoided identification (11)
I believe the answer is:
recognition
'identification' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'turned incognito after role essentially avoided' is the wordplay.
'turned' is an anagram indicator.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'essentially avoided' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the essence or middle is removed).
'role' with its middle removed is 're'.
'incognito' with letters rearranged gives 'cognition'.
'cognition' put after 're' is 'RECOGNITION'.
(Other definitions for recognition that I've seen before include "Process of identification" , "Thanks" , "Acknowledgement" , "See 2" .)