The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child
Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
Act of transferring parental rights and duties to someone other than the adopted person's biological parents. The practice is ancient and occurs in all cultures. Traditionally, its goal was to continue the male line for the purposes of inheritance and succession; most adoptees were male (and sometimes adult). Contemporary laws and practices aim to promote child welfare and the development of families. In the latter part of the 20th century, there was a relaxation of traditional restrictions on age differences between adoptive parents and children, on the parents' minimum income level, on the mother's employment outside the home, and on placements across religious and ethnic lines. Single-parent adoptions and adoptions by same-sex couples also became more acceptable. Beginning in the 1970s, a growing adoptees-rights movement in the United States called for the repeal of confidentiality laws in most states that prevented adoptees as adults from viewing their adoption records, including their original birth certificates
The choosing and making that to be ones own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" 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)
{i} taking of a child as one's own; act of adopting; state of being adopted; (Legal) court proceeding according to which an adult becomes the legal parent of a child who is not his/her biological child; acceptation, act of accepting with approval; positive acceptance
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as ones own child
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)