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adoption

[ uh-dop-shuhn ]

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noun

the act or process of establishing a legal relationship between a child and a parent other than the child’s biological parent, thereby entrusting the designated adult with responsibility for raising the child:
Have you considered growing your family through adoption?
the act or process of acquiring a pet, especially a stray or abandoned animal from an animal rescue organization:
The shelter sees a rush of dog adoptions every June, when school lets out for summer.
the act of accepting, embracing, or starting to use something, as an idea, behavior, characteristic, or principle: Her friends and family were surprised by her adoption of European mannerisms and expressions after only one year abroad.
The adoption of a new amendment was delayed by partisan bickering.
Her friends and family were surprised by her adoption of European mannerisms and expressions after only one year abroad.
the state of being adopted.

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English adopcioun, from Latin adoptiōn-, stem of adoptiō; ad-, option

Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.

The children found a new family after a home study was done and the adoption was completed in court.

They are for corporations like Hobby Lobby, and vast hospital networks, and, yes, adoption agencies.

Allow adoption agencies not to place kids with same-sex couples.

Thus the adoption of any particular verb is a matter of taste, not a question of absolute correctness.

These, then, appear to be the cogent reasons for the adoption of the medium rise in the modelling by Stradivari.

By the adoption of scientific principles Hope-Jones has multiplied the efficiency of Swell boxes tenfold.

Many organs now constructed have their tonal effects more than doubled through adoption of this principle.

The reasons for its adoption were, and are, still obviously wise, although not necessitous.

The complication of business has led to the adoption of another principle in managing corporations.

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