Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of admission
"The university's admissions office rejected his application because he did not meet the minimum GPA requirement."
In plain English: Admissions are the official statements made by someone admitting that something is true or that they did something wrong.
"The university rejected many students because its annual admissions were too competitive."
Usage: Use admissions to refer to multiple instances where someone acknowledges a fault or concedes a point, such as police department admissions regarding procedural errors. It is often used in contexts involving official acknowledgments of guilt or mistakes rather than single events.
Derived from Latin admissio, this term originally meant an act of letting in or granting access. It evolved to refer formally to the acknowledgment of guilt or the acceptance of students into an institution.