admission

Meanings

1. The act or practice of admitting.
2. Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
4. 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. 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. The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.