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ad·mis·sion (ad mis̸h′ən, əd-)

noun

  1. an admitting or being admitted; entrance
  2. the right to enter; access
  3. a fee paid for the right to enter; entrance fee
  4. a conceding, or granting of the truth, of something
  5. an acknowledging of, or confessing to, some crime, fault, etc.
  6. a thing conceded, acknowledged, or confessed

Etymology: ME < L admissio < admissus, pp. of admittere, admit

Related Forms:

  • admissive ad·mis′·sive (-mis′iv) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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