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Definitions of adoption
  1. noun
    the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

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  2. noun
    the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
    "its adoption by society"
  3. 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)
Definition that contains adoption
  • carry secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
  • relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  • adoptive of parents and children; related by adoption
  • affinity (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
  • kinship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  • socialization the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
  • weimar a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933
  • adoptable suitable or eligible for adoption
  • june 14 commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
  • family relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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