adoptions

Noun

adoption (countable and uncountable, plural adoptions)

1. 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.1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 15
2. 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.
3. An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
   • the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
4. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
   • the adoption of opinions
   1. The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
      • Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.
5. The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.

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