admitted
Let the truth out
Admitted is the past tense of admit, carrying its various senses.
Someone admitted to a hospital has been taken in as a patient.
An admitted thief has confessed to stealing.
When something is admitted, it's acknowledged as true: She admitted her mistake.
As an adjective, admitted describes something openly acknowledged: an admitted failure, an admitted fan of the genre.
Perceived as familiar
- confirmedEstablished as accurate
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- agreedShared the same view
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
accepted · validated · allowed · stipulated · acceded · acquiesced · assented · yielded
Admission of wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
truth · remorse · contrition · culpability · mea culpa · testimony · unburdening · exposure
Entry or confession
- enrolledFormally registered as participant
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- matriculatedFormally admitted to university
- entrancePoint of access
access · welcomed · included · registered · check-in · doorway · threshold · permit
Stated with authority
- statedExpressed in words
- announcedPublicly stated or declared
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
- reportedCommunicated formally
revealed · asserted · explained · replied · responded · remarked · commented · professed
With reluctant compliance
- reluctantlyWith obvious unwillingness
- begrudginglyWith unwilling acceptance
- unwillinglyWithout wanting to
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
resentfully · sheepishly · ruefully · uncomfortably · awkwardly · finally · eventually · at last
recognized
Perceived as familiar
granted · accepted · validated · allowed · stipulated · acceded · acquiesced · assented · yielded · owned
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- disclosureAct of revealing information
revelation · truth · remorse · contrition · culpability · mea culpa · testimony · unburdening · exposure · repentance
admission
Entry or confession
- enrolledFormally registered as participant
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- matriculatedFormally admitted to university
entrance · access · welcomed · included · registered · check-in · doorway · threshold · permit · ticket
declared
Stated with authority
reported · revealed · asserted · explained · replied · responded · remarked · commented · professed · volunteered
grudgingly
With reluctant compliance
- reluctantlyWith obvious unwillingness
- begrudginglyWith unwilling acceptance
- unwillinglyWithout wanting to
hesitantly · resentfully · sheepishly · ruefully · uncomfortably · awkwardly · finally · eventually · at last · under pressure
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- selection statusselected, unselected, chosen, unchosen, picked
- admission outcomesaccepted, rejected, waitlisted, denied, deferred
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- Patient Typesinpatient, outpatient, acute, chronic, critical
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
admittedrejected
Refused or turned away
denied · refused · turned away · barred · banned
admittedconcealed
Made invisible deliberately
hidden · suppressed · withheld · covered up · undisclosed
- no admittanceEntry is forbidden here
- admitting defeatAcknowledging loss openly
- admitting faultAccepting responsibility for wrongdoing
admitting, admittance, admittedly, readmitted, readmitting, readmittance, unadmitted, admittees