Synonyms for adoption
adop·tion

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1. adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousalnoun

   the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

   "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"

   Synonyms:
   word sense, acceptance, credence, word meaning, bridal, sufferance, banker's acceptance, betrothal, espousal, borrowing, acceptation, toleration

2. adoptionnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

3. borrowing, adoptionnoun

   the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

   "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

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1. • Approval
   • Law
   • Proceeding

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1. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   appropriation

2. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   approval, espousal, support, maintenance

3. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, adopting, fathering

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1. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, fathering, espousal

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1. List of paraphrases for "adoption":

   approval, adopt, passage, adopted, enactment, adoptions, adopting, endorsement, through, introduction, passing, taking, passed, approve, promulgation, 'adoption, take-up, approving, acceptance

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1. Susie Troxler:

   I knew I was going to be a mom one day, didn’t know how it was going to happen. Didn’t know whether it was going to be natural means, IVF means, whether it was going to be adoption. We had no idea what it was going to be.

2. Tom Forte:

   Apple seems to be more willing than it has been historically to open up some of its services outside of its [ hardware ] ecosystem as a way to drive adoption, and also as a way to compete more effectively against other large scale tech players such as Facebook and Google.

3. Giorgi Gogia:

   However, the ruling Georgian Dream party fully and publicly supported the bills and campaigned for their adoption, and almost unanimously voted for it in the first reading yesterday.

4. Iqbal Gandham:

   The underlying fundamentals of the crypto-asset world have not changed and this correction was more of a when, not if, any asset class which sees a meteoric rise in the same way as we have seen in crypto is expected to correct. The situation in China has perhaps exacerbated this, along with the increased rate of adoption of altcoins by new users, following tweets of various crypto personalities.

5. Michael Markey:

   Tudor has shown as a businesswoman in Michigan’s steel industry that she is an innovator and a disruptor, and exactly who we need to defeat Wrecken Gretchen, as we saw just yesterday, Wrecken Gretchen repealed $20 million dollars of funding to crisis pregnancy centers and adoption services, we need someone in office who stands for life and for Michigander families; Tudor, a mom of four, is that candidate. Dixon will be a fearless fighter for life, restoring business in Michigan, and getting our economy back on track. We will be doing all we can to get her into the Governor’s office, including spending well into the six digits to support her campaign.