| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony |
Antonyms: |
denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
Synonyms: |
accepting, acknowledgment, acquiring, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, gaining, getting, go-ahead, green light, nod, obtaining, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, taking on, undertaking, yes |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dissent, refusal |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in goodness of something |
Synonyms: |
accedence, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, adoption, affirmation, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, concession, concurrence, favor, recognition, seal of approval |
Antonyms: |
disbelief |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of recognizing authority or truth of something |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, admitting, affirmation, allowance, allowing, assent, assertion, asservation, avowal, compliance, conceding, concession, concurrence, confession, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, profession, ratification, realization, recognition, yielding |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discount; concession |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration |
| Main Entry: | apology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of remorse, regret |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication |
Antonyms: |
accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, indictment |
| Main Entry: | assent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, accord, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, affirmation, approval, authorization, compliance, concurrence, consent, nod, permission, sanction |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dissent, rejection |
| Main Entry: | avowal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
admission, affirmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony |