Ad*mis"sion (#), n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.]
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.