admission
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3.8
- noun
- /ədˈmɪʃən/
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admisión
- He finally made an admission that he had been wrong about the situation all along.
- by one's own admission
He was, by his own admission, a shy student.
- He was, by his own admission, a shy student.
- This was a an admission of something that is enormous.
- Well, so the first is the admission of insufficiency, right?
- It's in fact sort of an admission that their current contract is unfair.
- I mean, to be fair, ironically, there's far more evidence, including an admission that says she hit him.
- I think it's often a misunderstanding that that people will jump from the admission that we don't understand something.
- But it's not just in him recognizing it through his own admission.
- She recommends the first option, doing nothing because recalling the product could look like an admission of fault.
- And I mean, he's got tons of great ones, but he was lazier by his own admission.
- So the only reason I accepted that thing, which technically was a not an admission, it's neither admit nor deny guilt.
- I don't know how to read that, except as an admission that Scruton isn't bothered about accurate history at all.
- This is stark admission on the part of Chicago that anybody else in the world could do better.
Examples
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He was, by his own admission, a shy student.
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But by their own admission, they didn't have all the answers.
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Which was an admission that what he said before was a lie.
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I was afraid that asking for help was an admission of weakness.
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By her own admission, households and businesses need to plan.
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This is not an admission of guilt, just that I have issued you this citation.
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By your own admission, you've never enjoyed it there.
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Her cold eyes had softened, perhaps with the acceptance and admission of the truth.
Fiction book (1999) -
"I'm not very good," I said, recognizing in this admission a glaring want of character.
Fiction book (1992) -
"You want any more?" Stunned by his admission, Summer shook her head.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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3.4
A statement admitting you did something wrong, often to the police
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4.2
Admitting that something is true
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8.7
To admit you did a crime so police can charge you
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8.2
A public statement that openly says you believe or feel something
A statement by a party or their lawyer in court that judges accept as true and use as proof
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A statement by a party or their lawyer in court that judges accept as true and use as proof
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Admission comes from Latin ad- ('to') and mittere ('send' or 'let in'), the same root as the verb admit. A helpful way to remember the meaning is to think of an admission as 'letting in' the truth, which is why it means saying or accepting something you once denied.