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Admit
ədˈmɪt
- confess to be true or to be the case
"the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured"
acknowledge confess reveal make known disclose divulge make public avow declare profess own up to make a clean breast of bring into the open bring to light give away blurt out leak- confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)
"he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary"
- acknowledge (a failure or fault)
"after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat"
- allow (someone) to enter a place
"old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum"
let in allow entry permit entry grant entrance to give right of entry to give access to give admission to accept take in usher in show in receive welcome- receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment
"she was admitted to hospital suffering from a chest infection"
- allow (a person, country, etc.) to join an organization
"Canada was admitted to the League of Nations"
- allow (someone) to share in a privilege
"he was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1583"
- accept as valid
"the courts can refuse to admit police evidence that has been illegally obtained"
- allow the possibility of
"the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay"