Noun adoption has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: verb adopt1
  2. 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
    Derived form: verb adopt5
  3. 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
    Derived forms: verb adopt2, verb adopt7
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