different between admission vs sanction

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).

English

Etymology

From Middle French sanction, from Latin sanctio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæ?k??n/

Noun

sanction (countable and uncountable, plural sanctions)

1. An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

2. A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

3. A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.

Translations

Verb

sanction (third-person singular simple present sanctions, present participle sanctioning, simple past and past participle sanctioned)

1. (transitive) To ratify; to make valid.
2. (transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

     Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.

3. (transitive) To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Sanction”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 82, column 1.

Anagrams

• actinons, canonist, cantions, contains

French

Etymology

From Latin sanctio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k.sj??/

Noun

sanction f (plural sanctions)

1. sanction

Further reading

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