adoption
noun
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
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/əˈdɒp.ʃən/
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- act of adopting, or state of being adopted
- choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so
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adoption
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adopt
verb
/əˈdɑpt/
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/əˈdɒpt/
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- to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen
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adoptere
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