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Adoption

Adoption Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adoption? [n] the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" [n] the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [n] 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) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adoption: acceptance \| acceptation \| borrowing \| espousal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adoption: acceptance \| acculturation \| admission \| affiliation \| Americanization \| appropriation \| arrogation \| assimilation \| assumption \| borrowed plumes \| circumcision \| citizenship by naturalization \| citizenship papers \| colonization \| conquest \| conversion \| copying \| culture shock \| derivation \| deriving \| embracement \| embracing \| encroachment \| enslavement \| espousal \| imitation \| indent \| infringement \| invasion \| mocking \| nationalization \| naturalization \| naturalized citizenship \| new birth \| new life \| occupation \| papers \| pasticcio \| pastiche \| pirating \| plagiarism \| plagiary \| playing God \| preemption \| preoccupation \| prepossession \| rebirth \| redeemedness \| redemption \| reformation \| regeneration \| requisition \| salvation \| second birth \| seizure \| simulation \| spiritual purification \| subjugation \| takeover \| taking \| taking over \| trespass \| trespassing \| usurpation See Also \| appropriation \| approval \| approving \| blessing \| bosom \| embrace \| legal proceeding \| misappropriation \| naturalisation \| naturalization \| proceeding \| proceedings Adoption In Webster's Dictionary \A*dop"tion\, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption.] 1. 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. 2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another. 3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. --Jer. Taylor.

Adoption Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adoption?

[n] the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
[n] the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
[n] 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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adoption: acceptance | acceptation | borrowing | espousal

Adoption In Webster's Dictionary

\A*dop"tion\, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to
adopt: cf. F. adoption.]
1. 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.

2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the
   adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of
   one society into another.

3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which
   originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of
   opinions. --Jer. Taylor.

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