Associations to the word «Adoption»
Noun
- Parenting
- Constitution
- Abandonment
- Orphanage
- Dren
- Chil
- Diffusion
- Ratification
- Openness
- Euro
- Placement
- Amendment
- Assimilation
- Homosexual
- Statute
- Abortion
- Maternity
- Surrogate
- Greyhound
- Enactment
- Drafting
- Orphan
- Counseling
- Innovation
- Standardization
- Rejection
- Incentive
- Kinship
- Parent
- Declaration
- Implementation
- Custody
- Hague
- Resolution
- Disclosure
- Proposal
- Inspection
- Registry
- Confucianism
- Respondent
- Directive
- Birth
- Referendum
- Reunification
- Sex
- Inheritance
- Federalist
- Rights
- Grandparent
- Pregnancy
- Agency
- Coinage
- Legislation
- Infant
- Adolescence
- Lesbian
- Divorce
- Convention
- Welfare
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ADOPTION, noun. 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.
ADOPTION, noun. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
ADOPTION, noun. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
ADOPTION, noun. (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
Dictionary definition
ADOPTION, noun. The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance".
ADOPTION, 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).
ADOPTION, noun. The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent".
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