adoption


Meanings

  • the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;
    • "its adoption by society"
  • 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)
  • the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source;
  • ADOPTION n pl. -S the act of adopting ADOPTIVE adj


Scrabble Score: 11

adoption is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

adoption is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

adoption is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

adoption is a valid Words With Friends word