admission vs denial

admission

noun
  • The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession. 

  • The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry. 

  • The act or practice of admitting. 

  • Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access 

  • A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence 

  • Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. 

  • Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. 

denial

noun
  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

How often have the words admission and denial occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )