| Definitions of 'adoption' |
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1. (noun) adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
"its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
2. (noun) adoption
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) borrowing, adoption
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
"the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
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| Definitions of 'adoption' |
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1. (noun) adoption
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. (noun) adoption
admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another
3. (noun) adoption
the choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions
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