adoption

Meanings

Noun

• the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
  • "its adoption by society"
• 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)
• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

Synonyms

acceptance, acceptation, borrowing, espousal