adoption
C1UK /əˈdɒpʃn/US /əˈdɑːpʃn/
Meaning
noun
the act of adopting a child; the fact of being adopted
“She put the baby up for adoption.”
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“My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.”
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“There's no mass adoption robot in people's homes.”
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My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.
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