eingestehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.

Senses

eingestehen is used for these senses in English:

• admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
• allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
• own (transitive) To take responsibility for.

admit — full definition

1. verb To allow someone or something to enter.
2. verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.

allow — full definition

1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
2. verb To make something possible.
3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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