v.
(admits, admitting, admitted)
- confess that something is true or the case.
▸confess to or acknowledge (a crime, fault, or failure).
- allow to enter.
▸receive (someone) into a hospital for treatment.
- accept as valid.
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(admit of)
allow the possibility of.
Derivative
- admitted adj.
- admittedly adv.
Etymology
ME: from L. admittere, from ad- ‘to’ + mittere ‘send’.