adoption

noun

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

   noun.act

   Examples

   Its adoption by society.

   Synonyms acceptance acceptation espousal

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. 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)

   noun.act

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.act

   Synonyms borrowing

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

   noun

   Source: webster1913