Admit
41admit defeat — phrase to accept that you cannot succeed in doing something and stop trying to do it After months of protests, the government was forced to admit defeat and abandon the policy. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or… …
42admit as satisfactory — index accept (admit as sufficient) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
43admit a right — index acknowledge (verify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
44admit citizenship — index naturalize (make a citizen) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
45admit defeat — index quit (discontinue), submit (yield) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
46admit frankly — index avow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
47admit guilt — index confess Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
48admit the charge — index acknowledge (verify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
49admit to citizenship — index enfranchise Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
50admit, allow — These words have a shared meaning: to acknowledge, to concede, to make a disclosure. One may admit a mistake or allow that he has made one. Admit also suggests the influence of pressure. In general usage, however, admit and allow are… …