admissible

C2+ Topic:Crime & Justice
US /ædˈmɪsəbəl/ UK /ədˈmɪsəbəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    acceptable or allowable, especially as evidence in court

    The judge ruled the confession admissible at trial.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · acceptable or allowable,... acceptableallowablepermissiblevalidlegitimatetenable
Opposites
inadmissibleunacceptableimpermissible
Word family
Forms admissiblyinadmissible
Derived forms admissibilityadmissibly
Related forms admitadmissionadmittance

Etymology

From Medieval Latin admissibilis, from Latin admissus, past participle of admittere ('to let in'), from ad- ('to') + mittere ('to send').

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