Admission
[əd'mɪʃ(ə)n] or [əd'mɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of admitting someone to enter; 'the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic'.
(noun.) an acknowledgment of the truth of something.
Edited by Della--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or practice of admitting.
(n.) Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
(n.) The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Admittance, introduction, access, entrance, initiation, ENTRÉE.[2]. Allowance, avowal, concession, acknowledgment, assent.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- When I knocked for admission a priest came to the door who, while extremely polite, declined to admit us. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- St. Clare was at last willing to call in medical advice,--a thing from which he had always shrunk, because it was the admission of an unwelcome truth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That may be true, but it is no reason for being bullied by it into a tame admission that what has always been must always be. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That worthy lady being unable to obtain one, and being steadfastly denied admission, Mr Meagles besought Arthur to essay once more what he could do. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But since my duty has not been incompatible with the admission of that remembrance, I have given it a place in my heart. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am glad of that admission, because I want at this very moment to interest you in a young gentleman. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The effect by daylight is, however, superior, but the room must then be darkened, and the admission of light confined to the picture. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In my child's name, if not in my own, I make the admission in the fullest manner, at the same time reserving--ha--shall I say my personal dignity? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- True,' was Sissy's reluctant admission. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I made the admission with reluctance, for it seemed to have a boyish look, and she already treated me more than enough like a boy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She was serious, and in her wish was implied an important admission; after that she could no longer affirm that _nothing_ ailed her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was known, by the voluntary admission of the owner of the mad-house, that she was received there on the twenty-seventh of July. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The old lady relaxes, consents to the admission of the visitors as a favour, and dismisses Rosa. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If they knocked at my heart sometimes, an inhospitable bar to admission must be inwardly drawn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For the first of these purposes, the fine for admission is limited to forty shillings. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That you make no admissions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But that I make no admissions? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And Wemmick repeated, No admissions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In respect of character a face may make certain admissions by its outline; but it fully confesses only in its changes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I concede both admissions to my honourable and learned friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I cannot possibly make admissions or promises in answer to such words as you have used towards me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The admissions of the highest Confederate officers engaged at Shiloh make the claim of a victory for them absurd. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of course he contradicted himself twenty times over, but when you know what is likely to be true you can test a man's admissions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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