01 n. The act or practice of admitting.
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The act or practice of admitting.
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2.
Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.“What numbers groan for sad admission there!” — Young.
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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.
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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.(Law)
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A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
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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.(Eng. Eccl. Law)
Syn.
Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.