Noun
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.
Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science. Bruce H. Lipton
Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today. Bruce Willis
I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was running high, it was unavoidable that in my position as an advocate of open intercourse and free adoption of Western culture, I should make some adversaries. Fukuzawa Yukichi
A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval. Sadao Araki
As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. Catherine Helen Spence
Human freedom is realised in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-one can be compelled to do by another is to adopt a particular end. - 'Metaphysical Principles of Virtue. Immanuel Kant