Definitions For Adoption

noun

• The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
• The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
• 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)
• The act or process of adopting a child
• The act or process of beginning to use something new or different
• The act or process of giving official acceptance or approval to something