Found 3 items, similar to Adoption.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: adoption pemungutan, pengangkatan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adoption adoption n 1: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; “its adoption by society”; “the proposal found wide acceptance” [syn: acceptance, acceptation, espousal] 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) 3: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; “the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent” [syn: borrowing]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adoption Adoption \A*dop"tion\, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another. [1913 Webster] 3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]