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Definition of Adoption

1. Noun. The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception. "The proposal found wide acceptance"

2. Noun. A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit).

3. Noun. The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source. "The borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

Definition of Adoption

1. n. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

Definition of Adoption

1. the act of adopting [n -S] : ADOPTIVE [adj]

Medical Definition of Adoption

1. Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adoption

adoors adopt adoptabilities adoptability adoptable adopted adoptee adoptees adopter adopter

adopters adoptianism adoptianisms adopting adoption (current term) adoption (current term) adoptionism adoptionisms adoptionist adoptionists

adoptions adoptive adoptively adoptive immunity adoptive parent adoptive transfer adopts adorabilities adorability adorable

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