admission

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=mis=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

admission, n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.].

•  The act or practice of admitting.  [1913 Webster]
•  Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.  [1913 Webster]

  "What numbers groan for sad admission there!"  [1913 Webster]
•  The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something 1913 Webster]

  "The too easy admission of doctrines."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

admission, n.
1 an acknowledgement (admission of error; admission that he was wrong).
2 a the process or right of entering. b a charge for this (admission is {pound}5).
3 a person admitted to a hospital.

Usage

Has more general application in senses of ADMIT than admittance.

Etymology

ME f. L admissio (as ADMIT)

THESAURUS

admission

Americanization, OK, acceptance, access, acculturation, acknowledging, acknowledgment, acquisition, adit, admissibility, admission fee, admittance, admitting, adoption, affidavit, affiliation, affirmation, allegation, allowance, allowing, anchorage, appointment, appreciation, assertion, asseveration, assimilation, assumption, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, baptism, brokerage, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, charter, citizenship by naturalization, citizenship papers, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, compurgation, conceding, concession, confession, consent, cover charge, coverage, culture shock, declaration, demand, deposition, derivation, disclosure, dispensation, divulgement, divulgence, dockage, dues, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, enlistment, enrollment, entrance, entrance fee, entree, entry, envisagement, exaction, exactment, exhaustiveness, fare, fee, getting, hire, immission, import, importation, importing, inauguration, inclusion, inclusiveness, income, incoming, incorporation, induction, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, input, insertion, insinuation, installation, instatement, institution, instrument in proof, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression, intromission, intrusion, investiture, leakage, leave, legal evidence, liberty, license, license fee, membership, nationalization, naturalization, naturalized citizenship, okay, openness, ordination, owning, owning up, papers, participation, patent, penetration, percolation, permission, permission to enter, pilotage, portage, profession, receipt, receival, receiving, reception, recognition, release, revelation, rite of confession, salvage, scot, scot and lot, seepage, shot, shrift, special permission, statement, storage, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, taking, tariff, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, ticket, ticket of admission, tolerance, toleration, toll, towage, unbosoming, vouchsafement, waiver, way, wharfage, whole, witness, word

ROGET THESAURUS

admission

Composition

N composition, constitution, crasis, combination, inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, embodiment, formation, containing, constituting.

Inclusion

N inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, composition, included, including, inclusive, congener, congenerous, of the same class, encircling, a maximis ad minima, et hoc genus omne, etc, et coetera.

Permission

N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.

Receiving

N receiving, acquisition, reception, suscipiency, acceptance, admission, recipient, accipient, assignee, devisee, legatee, legatary, grantee, feoffee, donee, releasee, relessee, lessee, receiver, sportulary, stipendiary, beneficiary, pensioner, pensionary, almsman, income, receiving, recipient, suscipient, received, given, secondhand, not given, unbestowed &c (give), (bestow).

Ingress

N ingress, entrance, entry, introgression, influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption, ingression, penetration, interpenetration, illapse, import, infiltration, immigration, admission, insinuation, insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door, barway, path, conduit, immigrant, incoming.

Reception

N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.

Evidence

N evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment), showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory, by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal, dictum de dicto, mise en evidence.

Assent

N assent, assentment, acquiescence, admission, nod, accord, concord, concordance, agreement, affirmance, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, avowal, confession of faith, unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi, popular belief, current belief, current opinion, public opinion, concurrence, cooperation, ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa, indorsement, consent, pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure, assenting, of one accord, of one mind, of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content, willing, uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted, carried, agreed, nem, con, nemine contradicente unanimous, agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation, affirmative, yes, yea, ay, aye, true, good, well, very well, very true, well and good, granted, even so, just so, to be sure, 'thou hast said', you said it, you said a mouthful, truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso, of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless, naturally, natch, be it so, so be it, so let it be, amen, willingly, affirmatively, in the affirmative, OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord, unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man, nem, con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, without a dissentient voice, as one man, one and all, on all hands, avec plaisir, chi tace accousente, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, you bet your sweet ass it is, what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready, anytime you're ready.