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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Admission \Ad*mis"sion\, n. [L. admissio: cf F. admission. See {Admit}.] 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 ?serted; acknowledgment; concession. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: admission n 1: the act of admitting someone to enter "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn: {admittance}] 2: an acknowledgment of the truth of something 3: the fee charged for admission [syn: {entrance fee}, {admission charge}, {admission fee}, {admission price}, {price of admission}, {entrance money}]
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