adoption
Pronunciation:
/əˈdɒp.ʃən//əˈdɑp.ʃən/noun
Definitions
The act of adopting.
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
Example: A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
Example: the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
Example: the adoption of opinions