Meaning & use

Readmittance

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The act of allowing someone or something to enter again after having been excluded or having left.

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The hospital scheduled his readmittance for further tests the following week.

The expelled student petitioned the board for readmittance the next semester.

A note on using this word

"Readmittance" and "readmission" are largely interchangeable, though "readmission" is the more common choice in medical and academic writing.

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