Thesaurus: admission

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1. n. The act or practice of admitting.
2. n. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
3. n. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.
4. n. Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. n. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
6. n. Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
7. n. the act of admitting someone to enter
8. n. an acknowledgment of the truth of something
9. n. the fee charged for admission
10. n. the right to enter
11. 1. The act or practice of admitting. 2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. What numbers groan for sad admission there! Young. 3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something The too easy admission of doctrines. Macaulay. 4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. 5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence. 6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. Shipley. Syn. -- Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.
12. Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, anddistinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposesprior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without suchinquiry.