adoption
Pronunciation: /əˈdɑp.ʃən/
The English word “adoption” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
- An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
- The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
- The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
- An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
Etymology
Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.
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