different between acquiescence vs admission

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French acquiescence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æk.wi???s.?ns/

Noun

acquiescence (countable and uncountable, plural acquiescences)

1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. (law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:acquiescence.

Related terms

• acquiesce

Synonyms

• sufferance

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /æd?m??.?n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

admission (countable and uncountable, plural admissions)

1. The act or practice of admitting.
2. Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access

3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
4. (law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
6. (Britain, ecclesiastical law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
7. The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

Synonyms

• admittance, concession, acknowledgment, concurrence, allowance

Derived terms

• legacy admission
• nonadmission
• open admission
• readmission
• request for admission

Translations

See also

• admission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• admission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• admission in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.sj??/
• Homophone: admissions

Noun

admission f (plural admissions)

1. admission (act of admitting; state of being admitted)

Derived terms

• examen d'admission

Related terms

• admettre
• admissible

Further reading

• “admission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).