admit
Own up to
Admit means to allow entry: The ticket admits one person.
It also means to confess or acknowledge something, often reluctantly: He admitted he was wrong, She admitted to the crime.
A third sense involves accepting something as valid: The evidence was admitted in court.
To admit of something is to allow for its possibility: The situation admits of no delay.
Moral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
disclosure · revelation · acknowledge · concede · wrongdoing · repentance · unburden · culpability
Perceive as known
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- acceptConsent to receive
- realizeBecome aware of
- affirmDeclare to be true
agree · understand · grasp · grant · allow · accede · assent · confess
Grant permission for
- authorizeGrant formal permission
- grantBestow or award money
- let inPermit entry
- acceptConsent to receive
approve · sanction · enable · welcome · receive · include · embrace · accommodate
guilt
Moral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
confession · disclosure · revelation · acknowledge · concede · wrongdoing · repentance · unburden · culpability · incriminate
recognize
Perceive as known
affirm · agree · understand · grasp · grant · allow · accede · assent · confess · avow
allow
Grant permission for
accept · approve · sanction · enable · welcome · receive · include · embrace · accommodate · entitle
entrance
Point of access
access · entry · turnstile · lobby · foyer · keycard · badge · pass · door · reception
intake
Amount received or consumed
inpatient · registration · ward · bed · check-in · ER · gurney · paperwork · insurance · wristband
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- acknowledgeconfess, concede, recognize, confirm, accept
- medical verbsdiagnose, treat, prescribe, cure, heal
- Accept synonymswelcome, embrace, adopt, acknowledge, approve
- I admit itAcknowledgment of fault
- admit defeatAccept that you've lost
- free admissionAccess requiring no fee
- college admissionEntry to undergraduate study
- no admittanceEntry is forbidden here
- hospital admission
admission, admitted, admits, admitting, admiral, admissible, admittance, admittedly, readmit