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ad⋅mis⋅sion

[ad-mish-uh

–noun

1.	the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.

2.	right or permission to enter: granting admission to the rare books room.

3.	the price paid for entrance, as to a theater or ball park.

4.	an act or condition of being received or accepted in a position, profession, occupation, or office; appointment: admission to the bar.

5.	confession of a charge, an error, or a crime; acknowledgment: His admission of the theft solved the mystery.

6.	an acknowledgment of the truth of something.

7.	a point or statement admitted; concession.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L admissiōn- (s. of admissiō), equiv. to admiss-, var. s. of admittere to admit + -iōn- -ion

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ad·mis·sion (ād-mĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of admitting or allowing to enter.
2. The state of being allowed to enter.
Right to enter; access.
The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.
A confession, as of having committed a crime.
A voluntary acknowledgment of truth.
A fact or statement granted or admitted; a concession.

[Middle English, from Latin admissiō, admissiōn-, from admissus, past participle of admittere, to admit; see admit.]
ad·mis'sive (-mĭs'ĭv) adj.

Usage Note: It is often maintained that admittance should be used only to refer to achieving physical access to a place (He was denied admittance to the courtroom), and that admission should be used for the wider sense of achieving entry to a group or institution (her admission to the club; China's admission to the United Nations). There is no harm in observing this distinction, though it is often ignored. But admission is much more common in the sense "a fee paid for the right of entry": The admission to the movie was five dollars.

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admission

1495, "the literal act of letting in," from L. admissionem (nom. admissio, gen. admissionis) "a letting in," from admissus, pp. of admittere (see admit).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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admission
noun
1.	the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"
2.	an acknowledgment of the truth of something
3.	the fee charged for admission [syn: entrance fee]
4.	the right to enter [syn: entree]

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Main Entry: ad·mis·sion
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of admitting <admission into evidence>
2 a : a party's acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true
NOTE: In civil cases admissions are often agreed to and offered in writing to the court before trial as a method of reducing the number of issues to be proven at trial. b : a party's prior out-of-court statement or action that is inconsistent with his or her position at trial and that tends to establish guilt —compare CONFESSION declaration against interest at DECLARATION
NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Evidence an admission is not hearsay. Silence can sometimes be construed as an admission where a person would reasonably be expected to speak up.

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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.

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