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medgivande — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acquiescence noun A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
  • admission noun Permission or the right to enter a place or join a group.
  • concession noun Something given up or granted, especially as a compromise.
  • confession noun A statement admitting that you did something wrong or that something is true.
  • permission noun Formal or informal consent for something to happen.

Senses

medgivande is used for these senses in English:

  • acquiescence A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
  • admission A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
  • concession (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
  • confession The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
  • permission authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

acquiescence — full definition

  1. noun A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
  2. noun Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

admission — full definition

  1. noun Permission or the right to enter a place or join a group.
  2. noun A statement acknowledging that something, often unflattering, is true.

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