adoption

[ uh-dop-shuh n ]

/ əˈdɒp ʃən /

the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.

the state of being adopted.

Origin of adoption

1300–50; Middle English adopcioun < Latin adoptiōn-, stem of adoptiō. See ad-, option

a·dop·tion·al, adjective non·a·dop·tion, noun pre·a·dop·tion, noun pro·a·dop·tion, adjective

re·a·dop·tion, noun un·a·dop·tion·al, adjective

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

Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking |Tina Traster |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They are for corporations like Hobby Lobby, and vast hospital networks, and, yes, adoption agencies.

Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around |Jay Michaelson |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Thus the adoption of any particular verb is a matter of taste, not a question of absolute correctness.

Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With |Nick Romeo |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, Pertman says, adoption is not just about placing children.

Couple Sues Over Russian ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Adoption of Disabled Kids |Tina Traster |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

There is wide consensus among attorneys that adoptive parents can vacate an adoption if acts of fraud were committed.

Couple Sues Over Russian ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Adoption of Disabled Kids |Tina Traster |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The debate resulted in the adoption of the declaration by a vote of one hundred and forty-one against twenty-three.

History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology |John F. Hurst
How far such welcome and adoption were voluntary we have no means of ascertaining.

The Cradle of Mankind |W.A. Wigram
How should blessing and adoption be propagated from Abraham, as a sort of head, into the whole body of the faithful?

St. Peter, His Name and His Office |Thomas W. Allies
Modern historians believe that it was probably the ceremony of adoption by which Smith was made one of the tribe.

The Princess Pocahontas |Virginia Watson
He is an Englishman by birth, a native of the world by adoption.

The Lighted Match |Charles Neville Buck