Meanings
plural readmissions
- A second or subsequent admission.
Multiple escapes and readmissions to this facility.
1990, Martin H. Greenberg, The Further Adventures of The Joker2 more examples
On the Freshwater line, the most outstanding improvement was the readmission of all trains to the main station at Newport, and the introduction of a through service in each direction between Ventnor and Freshwater, via Sandown and Newport, calling only at the principal stations.
1947 May and June, K. Westcott Jones, “The Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 146No, no. They (Germany) went in to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race.
1981 March 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Devil You Know”, in Yes Minister, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishadmission
- Englishreadmission
Translations
Catalan readmissió
- readmissióa second or subsequent admission
German Wiederaufnahme
- Wiederaufnahmea second or subsequent admission
Greek επανεισδοχή, επανεισαγωγή
- επανεισδοχή (epaneisdochí)a second or subsequent admission
- επανεισαγωγή (epaneisagogí)a second or subsequent admission
Italian riammissione
- riammissionea second or subsequent admission
Russian реадми́ссия
- реадми́ссия (readmíssija)a second or subsequent admission
Scottish Gaelic ath-leigeil a-steach
- ath-leigeil a-steacha second or subsequent admission
Spanish readmisión
- readmisióna second or subsequent admission
Cite this entry
readmission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readmission
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