Admissibles

Part of speech: adjective, noun

Definitions

1. Pertaining to something that is permissible or allowable; referring to items or individuals that qualify to be accepted under certain conditions; describing elements that meet the criteria for entry or consideration in a specific context
2. Relating to facts or arguments that can be admitted in a legal or formal setting; concerning those that fulfill the requirements for acceptance in a particular framework; denoting aspects that are recognized as valid and allowable within defined parameters
3. Connected to permissible entries or candidates that conform to stipulated guidelines; involving considerations that are deemed acceptable for evaluation or inclusion; illustrating objects or assertions acknowledged within a given system or process

Etymology: "Admissibles" is the plural of "admissible," and the noun sense is the one that matters here. "Admissible" entered English in the 15th century, borrowed from Old French "admissible," itself from medieval Latin "admissibilis," built from Latin "admittere," meaning "to let in" or "to allow." Its roots are "ad-" (toward) and "mittere" (to send), so the core image is sending something toward a place of entry. The noun use is the more specialised one. In French, "les admissibles" were candidates who had passed the written stage of a competitive examination and were eligible for the oral round, and English adopted that sense in exactly that bureaucratic register. The plural therefore names a group defined by a provisional status, not by any quality of their own.

Synonyms: acceptable, allowable, permissible, legitimate, valid

Antonyms: inadmissible, unacceptable, impermissible, invalid, illegitimate