To suffer to enter; grant or afford entrance to: as, to admit a student into college; windows admit light and air; to admit a serious thought into the mind.To give right or means of entrance to: as, a ticket admits one into a theater; this key will admit you to the garden.To permit to exercise a certain function; grant power to hold a certain office: as, he was admitted to the bar; to admit a man to the ministry.To have capacity for the admission of at one time: as, this passage admits two abreast.To grant in argument; receive as true; concede; allow: as, the argument or fact is admitted.To permit, grant, allow, or be capable of: as, the words do not admit such a construction. See II.To acknowledge; own; confess: as, he admitted his guilt.To give warrant or allowance; grant opportunity or permission: with of: as, circumstances do not admit of this; the text does not admit of this interpretation.