admission Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of admitting someone to enter
    admittance.
    • the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
  2. noun an acknowledgment of the truth of something
  3. noun the fee charged for admission
    entrance money; admission charge; price of admission; admission price; admission fee; entrance fee.
  4. noun the right to enter
    access; entree; accession; admittance.

WordNet

Ad*mis"sion noun
Etymology
L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913