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Adoption

nounverified·updated May 15, 2026

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

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Senses

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the act of accepting with approval

Wordset Dictionary

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
acceptanceborrowing
plural
Adoptions
possessive
Adoption's
pluralpossessive
Adoptions'