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.

plural of adoption

Of or relating to adoption.

plural of adoptability

The property of being adoptable.

In a adoptive manner; by adoption.

plural of adopter

Related through adoption. / Pertaining to adoption.

(transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. / (transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

simple past tense and past participle of adopt