ADOPTION

borrowing, adoption

(noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; “the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent”

adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal

(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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

adoption (countable and uncountable, plural adoptions)

The act of adopting.

The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.

The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance

(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.

(informal, jocular, chess) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

Source: Wiktionary

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A*dop"tion, n. Etym: [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption.]

1. 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. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.

3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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