\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}.