[syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Admission \Ad*mis"sion\, n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See
Admit.]
1. The act or practice of admitting.
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2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance;
access; power to approach.
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What numbers groan for sad admission there! --Young.
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3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved;
the act of acknowledging something ?serted;
acknowledgment; concession.
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The too easy admission of doctrines. --Macaulay.
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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.
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5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made
out of court are received in evidence.
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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.
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Syn: Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence;
allowance. See Admittance.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
admission
n 1: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was
performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn:
admission, admittance]
2: an acknowledgment of the truth of something
3: the fee charged for admission [syn: entrance fee,
admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission
price, price of admission, entrance money]
4: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession,
admission, admittance]