Synonym: acceptance, acceptation, borrowing, espousal. Similar words: option, adopt, AND operation, reception, exception, perception, conception, corruption. Meaning: [-pʃn] 
n. 1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception 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.
n. 1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception 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. 
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61) Advocates for adoption benefits say their best argument to employers is the low cost of such programs.
62) The reference here to distrust of the judiciary once again accentuates Dicey's adoption of the ancient conception of the rule of law.
63) The increasing adoption of less intensive agriculture should further encourage a hare recovery.
64) An Act passed in that year gave power to the court to make an adoption order.
65) Mechanically the entry level Polos remain the same, bar the adoption of fuel injection.
66) The first black adoption agency, New Black Families, began to tackle the problem in 1980.
67) But adoption agencies, quite rightly, put the child's interests first.
68) The widespread adoption of floating exchange rates increased the uncertainty and risk associated with international trade and investment.
69) As with the adoption of special needs children, the attitude of agency staff towards inclusive adoption can be crucial.
70) The practice of children being sent overseas for adoption has always had its critics.
71) The Left-wing of the party continued to fight for the adoption of socialist policies.
72) These harmful effects can also be exacerbated by the adoption of increased protectionist measures by trading blocs against non-bloc countries.
73) In times of financial stringency and the adoption of Value for Money strategies in government those with financial expertise may acquire power.
74) Following mounting concern about some of the problems of adoption and fostering, a departmental committee was set up to investigate.
75) An adoption bill eventually became law two years later, in 1952, under the next administration.
76) However, when a particularly successful foster placement led to the girl's adoption the girl changed considerably.
77) By that time, McCorvey had given birth and put the baby girl up for adoption.
78) When Carol weans the pups, they will all be available for adoption.
79) The first of these incidents occurred with the attempt to introduce a law on adoption.
80) Adopted children and their biological parents may suffer stress long after the adoption. 4.
81) Adoption has decreased dramatically during 20 years as a reflection of changes in legislation and public attitudes.
82) That should prevent the adoption of a county sales tax or special assessments like the recently imposed recreational vehicle tax.
83) The general practitioner contract of April 1990 served to encourage the adoption of this model of care.
84) The Congress debated a transitional structure for an interim government before the adoption of a new Constitution.
85) My parents were in fact trying to bring me two new sisters through adoption.
86) Sattel says Lucasfilm offers paid one-week paternity and adoption leaves; maternity leaves are usually covered by disability programs.sentencedict.com
87) That has led them to the adoption of a decentralized, team-based, quality-oriented system.
88) It remains for us to consider the macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form.
89) This specifically educational definition has of course continued, but its adoption by artists marks a significant shift.
90) This calls for the adoption of much stricter and legally binding standards.
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