admit

[ədˈmɪt]

Definition:
1. To agree, often unwillingly, that something is true.
2. Allow to enter, grant entry to.
3. Confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance.

Synonyms: acknowledge

Use 'admit' in a sentence:

• 1. However, as I said earlier, the first step is to admit to yourself that you're dealing with anxiety.
• 2. No, if we admit that notion, then is there anything we can say we know for certain?
• 3. He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure.
• 4. I told him that he should be man enough to admit he had done wrong.
• 5. I must admit that maps obsess me.
• 6. But I must admit they are good fighters.
• 7. The life of the moment has its rights, we admit, but permanent life has its rights also.
• 8. This is an undertaking of breathtaking audacity, as the Allies admit.
• 9. She was admitted to the hospital with a soaring temperature.
• 10. None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions.
• 11. We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member.
• 12. I have to admit I was relieved when he left.
• 13. There is a difference between refusing to admit evidence and not reading it at all.
• 14. So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals.
• 15. The courts can refuse to admit police evidence that has been illegally obtained.
• 16. After searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat.
• 17. Don't be afraid to admit to your mistakes.
• 18. It takes a good leader to not only recognize, but admit defeat.
• 19. She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true.
• 20. They need to admit new members.
• 21. He admitted his errors.