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admission
A confession; a concession as to the truthfulness of one or more facts, usually associated with a crime that has been committed. It may also apply to tort actions.
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admission (ad MISH uhn)
1. Act of allowing someone to enter; applies to acceptance that carries certain rights and privileges: "The admission of aliens into some countries has become a big issue for some governments."

"He sought admission to the convention."

2. Power or right of entering; permission to enter: "Now is the time to apply for admission into this college."
3. The state of being allowed to enter.
4. The right to enter or to access.
5. The price required or paid for entering a place; an entrance fee.
6. A confession, as of having committed a crime.
7. A voluntary acknowledgment of truth.
8. A fact or statement granted or admitted; a concession.

It is often maintained that admittance should be used only to refer to achieving physical access to a place: "She was denied admittance to the courtroom", and that admission should be used for the wider sense of achieving entry to a group or institution: "His admission to the club; Germany's admission to the United Nations." There is no harm in observing this distinction, although it is often ignored.

Admission is much more common, as in the sense a fee paid for the right of entry: "The admission to the movie costs more than I can afford to pay."

This entry is located in the following units: ad- (page 8) miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt (page 1)
admission, admittance
admission (ad MISH uhn) (noun)
1. The act of allowing someone to enter; applies to an acceptance that carries certain rights and privileges: "The admission of aliens into some countries has become a big issue for certain governments."

"Lydia sought admission to the convention."

2. The power or right of entering; permission to enter: "Now is the time to apply for admission into this college."
3. A voluntary acknowledgment of truth: "When the suspect’s admission of the truth about his involvement in what took place, the police were able to solve the mystery."
admittance (ad MIT'ns) (noun)
1. The right to enter; permission to enter: "Admittance to the convention was by invitation only."
2. Permission to enter or the right of entry: "Melvin and Dawn felt that they should also have the privilege of being allowed admittance to the meeting."

After Cindy completed all of the forms for admission to the secret society, she was informed that admittance to their meeting site was very restricted.