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Pronunciation : Ad*mis"sion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: 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)

Defn: 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913