admit
Verb (admits, admitting, admitted)
She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true.
the paramilitaries admitted to the illegal possession of arms
So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals.
The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin.
In November 1997, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a urinary tract infection.
In 1972 he had Ivory Coast vote against admitting China to the United Nations.
The 1792 Act removed the legal bar to Catholics holding corporate office, but inasmuch as corporations continued to decline to admit them to the freedom, this was a nugatory achievement.
the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained
But mainstream Islam admits of succession of saints.

