Admission \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)