admission
[ad-mish-uh n]
- 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 aliens into a country.
- 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
Synonyms
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Examples from the Web for readmission
Historical Examples
The terms of readmission were thus to be laid down by Congress.
Now it is never by exclusion, but by readmission, that she does so.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)Adolph Harnack
I say the possibility, for readmission does not always follow.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)Adolph Harnack
Disgusted with these desertions, the two rivals, at the same time, petitioned Jupiter for readmission to their native habitations.
Readmission to caste after conviction, when imprisonment is involved, is an easy matter.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
readmission
- the act or an instance of readmitting or being readmitted
admission
- permission to enter or the right, authority, etc, to enter
- the price charged for entrance
- acceptance for a position, office, etc
- a confession, as of a crime, mistake, etc
- an acknowledgment of the truth or validity of something
Word Origin
C15: from Latin admissiōn-, from admittere to admit
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Word Origin and History for readmission
admission
n.
early 15c., "acceptance, reception, approval," from Latin admissionem (nominative admissio) "a letting in," noun of action from past participle stem of admittere (see admit). Meaning "an acknowledging" is from 1530s. Sense of "a literal act of letting in" is from 1620s. As short for admission price, by 1792.
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