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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ad-mĭs'sion, n.

noun

(-mĭsh'un), n. [Fr. admission, Lat. admissio. 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; allowance. “The too easy admission of doctrines borrowed from ancient schools.” Macaulay. Syn.—Admittance; access; entrance; initiation; concession. See ADMITTANCE.