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nounthe appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
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"its adoption by society"nounthe act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
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nouna 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)type of:
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- 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
- flag day commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
- grandfather clause an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War