admitting

ad-mit-ting · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of admit: confessing or acknowledging something to be true.

  2. 2.

    Present participle of admit: allowing entry to a place.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    admitting defeat — Accepting that one has lost.
  • •
    not admitting — Refusing to acknowledge.

Related words

Antonyms: denying, rejecting
See also: admission, admit, admitted, confessing
Synonyms: acknowledging, allowing, confessing

Etymology

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