ad·mit
[ad-mit]
verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
verb (used with object)
1.to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
3.to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege: admitted to the bar.
4.to permit; allow.
5.to allow or concede as valid: to admit the force of an argument.
6.to acknowledge; confess: He admitted his guilt.
7.to grant in argument; concede: The fact is admitted.
8.to have capacity for: This passage admits two abreast.
verb (used without object)
9.to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
10.to grant opportunity or permission (usually followed by of ): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
Synonyms
1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge.