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.
Hear it pronounced