adopting
Making one's own
Adopting is taking something as your own.
You adopt a child, making them legally yours.
You adopt a policy, practice, or attitude by choosing to embrace it: The company is adopting a new approach to remote work.
You adopt a tone or manner by deliberately assuming it.
To adopt a pet is to take responsibility for an animal from a shelter.
Promoting development or growth
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- birthmotherWoman who gave birth
prospective · match · finalize · waiting · bonding · attachment · transition · adjustment
Promoting development or growth
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- supportTo uphold or sustain
encouragement · nourishment · cultivation · protection · bonding · attachment · care · development
Hold closely in arms
- inclusionBeing made part
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- integrationCombining into a whole
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
recognition · openness · reception · affirmation · assimilation · endorsement · validation · appreciation
State of being related
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- relativesThose connected by blood
- householdDomestic unit of residents
ancestry · adoptee · siblings · blended · reunion · identity · roots · belonging
Trial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
- custodyProtective care or control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- statuteEnacted written rule
termination · consent · proceedings · certification · eligibility · intercountry · decree · finalization
Putting into effect
- embracingHolding warmly, willingly accepting
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- acquiringGaining possession of
- incorporatingAdding as a component
integrating · utilizing · applying · following · introducing · establishing · instituting · enacting
fostering
Promoting development or growth
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
- placementPutting somewhere specific
birthmother · prospective · match · finalize · waiting · bonding · attachment · transition · adjustment · dossier
fostering
Promoting development or growth
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
support · encouragement · nourishment · cultivation · protection · bonding · attachment · care · development · growth
embrace
Hold closely in arms
- inclusionBeing made part
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- integrationCombining into a whole
acknowledgment · recognition · openness · reception · affirmation · assimilation · endorsement · validation · appreciation · tolerance
kinship
State of being related
household · ancestry · adoptee · siblings · blended · reunion · identity · roots · belonging · connection
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
- custodyProtective care or control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
statute · termination · consent · proceedings · certification · eligibility · intercountry · decree · finalization · legalization
implementing
Putting into effect
- embracingHolding warmly, willingly accepting
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- acquiringGaining possession of
incorporating · integrating · utilizing · applying · following · introducing · establishing · instituting · enacting · employing
- pet carepet daycare, dog daycare, doggy daycare, pet boarding, cat boarding
- Virtual Pet GamesTamagotchi, Nintendogs, Neopets, feeding, grooming
- Inclusion verbsincluding, adding, admitting, incorporating, integrating
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
adoptingrejecting
Refusing to accept
abandoning · refusing · discarding · shunning · renouncing
adoptinggiving birth
Expelling infant from womb
birthing · bearing · conceiving · begetting · surrendering
adoptingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
relinquishing · surrendering · giving up · discarding · jettisoning
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
- pet adoptionAcquiring a homeless animal
- adoptive fatherMan who legally becomes parent
- adoptive motherParent by legal choice
- dog adoptionAcquiring a shelter canine
- adoption agencyService arranging child placement