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Noun adoption has 3 senses
- adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal - the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
--1 is a kind of blessing, approval, approving
--1 has particulars: embrace, bosom
- adoption - 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)
--2 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
- borrowing, adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
--3 is a kind of appropriation
--3 has particulars: naturalization, naturalisation; misappropriation; crossover
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