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Meaning of adoption
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adoption
n 1: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;
"its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide
acceptance" [syn: {adoption}, {acceptance}, {acceptation},
{espousal}]
2: 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: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another
source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
[syn: {borrowing}, {adoption}]
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