adoption

Definition of adoption

Nouns

the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
"its adoption by society"
Synonyms:
acceptance, acceptation, espousal
Types:
bosom, embrace
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
Type of:
approval, approving, blessing
the formal act of approving
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)
Type of:
legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
Synonyms:
borrowing
Types:
naturalisation, naturalization
changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology
misappropriation
wrongful borrowing
crossover
the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
Type of:
appropriation
a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

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