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.

2. to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.

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.