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  1. 1. n. The act or practice of admitting. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession. Source: opted
  4. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence. Source: opted
  6. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the act of admitting someone to enter Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. an acknowledgment of the truth of something Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. the fee charged for admission Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. the right to enter Source: wordnet
  11. 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. Source: webster
  12. 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. Source: adambom

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