Definitions from Wiktionary (adoption)

▸ noun:  The act of adopting.
▸ noun:  The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
▸ noun:  An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
▸ noun:  The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
▸ noun:  (computing) The transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
▸ noun:  (theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
▸ noun:  (chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

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