admission

  1. Noun.  The act or practice of admitting.
  2. Noun.  Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
  3. Noun.  The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgment; concession.
  4. Noun.  (legal) 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. Noun.  A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
  6. Noun.  (British, ecclesiastical) 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.
  7. Noun.  The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

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