adoption
Definitions
noun
The act of adopting.
The project also included seeking the adoption of homosexuals as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, which would mean simply adding 'sexual orientation' to Article 1A of the Amnesty International mandate.
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
the adoption of opinions
the adoption of words from another language
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.