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English Dictionary: admission	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
admission n the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" Synonym(s): admission, admittance an acknowledgment of the truth of something the fee charged for admission Synonym(s): entrance fee, admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, price of admission, entrance money the right to enter Synonym(s): entree, access, accession, admission, admittance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Admission \Admis"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}.