Antonyms for adoptionadop·tion

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1. • Approval
   • Law
   • Proceeding

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1. adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousalnoun

   the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

   "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"

   Synonyms:
   word sense, acceptance, credence, word meaning, bridal, sufferance, banker's acceptance, betrothal, espousal, borrowing, acceptation, toleration

2. adoptionnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

3. borrowing, adoptionnoun

   the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

   "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

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1. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, fathering, espousal

How to use adoption in a sentence?

1. Mike Messersmith:

   The adoption, acceleration and enthusiasm [ for Oatly ] has exceeded our expectations, it is always a constantly evolving challenge to be able to meet those needs.

2. Tom Forte:

   Apple seems to be more willing than it has been historically to open up some of its services outside of its [ hardware ] ecosystem as a way to drive adoption, and also as a way to compete more effectively against other large scale tech players such as Facebook and Google.

3. The Pope:

   How many children in the world are waiting for someone to take care of them, having a child is always a risk, either naturally or by adoption. But it is riskier not to have them. It is riskier to deny fatherhood, or to deny motherhood, be it real or spiritual.

4. Pete Mercurio:

   And then that was it. We never saw the judge again. And in 2012, when we were deciding to get married, Kevin on a walk to school said he knew that there was a judge involved in creating our family, we shared everything with him, so he knew everything. He said,' Don't judges marry people ?' So, I said,' Do you want to meet the judge that finalized your adoption ?' And he nodded his head. And so that's how I got in touch with the judge again, ten years later.

5. Glass Lewis in its report:

   We do not believe that adoption of this proposal would be overly burdensome for the company.

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