admission

Noun

Meaning

Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.

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.

A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.

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: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

admittance concession acknowledgment access allowance entrance fee admission fee admission charge recognition entry permission entrance acceptance ticket induction
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Antonyms

out last division prevention dissociation excommunication
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Hypernyms

right entry entering entrance fee incoming

Hyponyms

matriculation door confession readmission matric

Phrases with the word

admission of guilt admission of defeat limit admission to equal admission unrestricted admission by your own admission

Examples

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. Julia Cameron

It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man. Richard Feynman

This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. The show is continuous. Goodnight. Robertson Davies

A judgment, for me is not the mere grasping of a thought, but the admission of its truth. Gottlob Frege

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. Henry Kissinger

Admission by the defendant is worth a hundred witnesses. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

admissible admissibleness admissibly admission card admission catchment admission charge