the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of foreign aid workers into the zone of active conflict.
right or permission to enter: granting admission to the rare books room.
the price paid for entrance, as to a theater or ball park.
an act or condition of being received or accepted in a position, profession, occupation, or office; appointment: admission to the bar.
confession of a charge, an error, or a crime; acknowledgment: His admission of the theft solved the mystery.
an acknowledgment of the truth of something.
a point or statement admitted; concession.
Origin of admission
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French and Latin admissiōn- (stem of admissiō ), equivalent to admiss-, past participial stem of the verb admittere admit + -iōn- -ion
The first, a young father from a town in the southern Netherlands, suffered shortness of breath, cough and fever at home for eight days before admission to intensive care.
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The admission opened Barrios up to a potential violation of the city ethics ordinance, which prohibits officials from being paid by an outside entity while also on the city clock.
Barrios Worked With Laborers as a Council Staffer Before Taking a Job There|Andrew Keatts and Jesse Marx|September 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
If the city ultimately decides to vacate people’s seditious language tickets and make them whole for the fines they paid, doing so could be seen as an admission that those people had been wronged.
5 Big Questions About How SDPD Used the Seditious Language Law and What’s Next|Sara Libby|September 21, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The number of psychiatric admissions that went beyond medical necessity first spiked in 2015, going from 88 the year before to 246.
Hundreds of Children Are Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals Each Year Despite the State’s Promises to Find Them Homes|by Duaa Eldeib|September 11, 2020|ProPublica
After high school, he moved to Tokyo and worked for two years at a cardboard factory before winning admission to Hosei University.
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Admission is free, but by invitation only, and advance RSVP is required.
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Then came the admission of a sham marriage with an immigrant.
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He said it did not matter that today ISIS and al Qaeda were, by their own admission, two distinct entities.
Even a Top Democrat Thinks Obama's Legal Case for War Makes No Sense|Eli Lake|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is the height of cynicism, combined with an admission of impotence.