adoption
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- definition 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 the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source