admitted

ad-mit-ted · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Acknowledged or confessed openly.

  2. 2.

    Confessed or acknowledged something to be true.

  3. 3.

    Allowed someone to enter a place or institution.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    admittedly — Used to acknowledge that something is true.
  • •
    self-admitted — Openly acknowledged by oneself.

Related words

Antonyms: denied, rejected
See also: acknowledged, admission, admit, confessed
Synonyms: accepted, acknowledged, confessed

Etymology

From Latin admittere ("to let in, allow to enter"), from ad- ("to") + mittere ("to send").