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admission of guilt — I noun avowal, concession, confession, confessional, contrition, culpability, disclosure, mea culpa, owning up, penance, penitence, remorse, repentance, sinfulness associated concepts: admissibility, coerced confession, traditional admissions II… … Law dictionary
admission of guilt — confession, acknowledgement of committing a crime or wrongdoing … English contemporary dictionary
confession — con·fes·sion n 1: an act of confessing 2: an acknowledgment of a fact or allegation as true or proven; esp: a written or oral statement by an accused party acknowledging the party s guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission; … Law dictionary
admission — ad·mis·sion n 1: the act or process of admitting admission into evidence 2 a: a party s acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true ◇ In civil cases admissions are often agreed to and offered in writing to the court before trial as a method… … Law dictionary
confession — [kən fesh′ən] n. 1. the act of confessing; acknowledgment; specif., a) an admission of guilt, esp. formally in writing, as by a person charged with a crime b) the confessing of sins to a priest in the sacrament of penance c) a general… … English World dictionary
admission — n. access 1) to apply for; gain; seek admission 2) to deny, refuse admission 3) free, open; restricted, selective admission; rolling (esp. AE) admissions 4) admission to (she applied for admission to the university) confession 5) to make an… … Combinatory dictionary
admission — ad|mis|sion W3 [ədˈmıʃən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: admissio, from admittere; ADMIT] 1.) a statement in which you admit that something is true or that you have done something wrong = ↑confession admission that ▪ The Senator s admission … Dictionary of contemporary English
confession — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of confessing] Syn. concession, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, owning to, owning up*, revelation, revealing, disclosure, divulgence, publication, affirmation, assertion, unbosoming, utterance, vent,… … English dictionary for students
admission — noun 1) membership entitles you to free admission Syn: admittance, entry, entrance, right of entry, access, right of access, ingress; entrée 2) the admission was $8 Syn: entrance fee, entry charge, cover (charge) … Thesaurus of popular words
confession — con fes·sion || eʃn n. admission (of guilt, sin, etc.); declaration of faith; telling of one s sins to a priest … English contemporary dictionary
admission — temporaire. Admission of goods into country duty free for processing and eventual export. Bail. The order of a competent court or magistrate that a person accused of crime be discharged from actual custody upon the taking of bail. Evidence.… … Black's law dictionary
