adoption
Becoming family legally
Adoption is the legal process of taking another's child as your own, with all the rights and responsibilities of a biological parent: They finalized the adoption last month.
The word extends to accepting or taking up something new: the adoption of new technology, the adoption of a resolution, the adoption of foreign customs.
A country or city of adoption is one you've chosen as home rather than being born there.
Support growth and development
- fosterEncourage development of
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- protectionGuarding against harm
- upbringingChildhood care and training
provision · welfare · well-being · safeguarding · supervision · orphanage · childcare · caseworker
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
jurisdiction · consent · attorney · affidavit · certification · notarize · legislation · statute
State of being related
- birthmotherWoman who gave birth
- birthfatherMale genetic parent
- birthparentsOriginal mother and father
- adopteeOne legally taken in
siblings · reunion · ancestry · heritage · lineage · biological · triad · search
Formal request document
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- travelMovement between locations
- placementPutting somewhere specific
finalization · matching · background check · orientation · training · fees · agency · facilitator
Inherited cultural legacy
- identityWho someone is
- transracialCrossing racial categories
- diversityState of varied elements
- belongingState of fitting in
traditions · homeland · language · narrative · diaspora · assimilation · connection · roots
Concerning relations among countries
- domesticOf the home
- transracialCrossing racial categories
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- agencyPower to act
independent · kinship · stepparent · embryo · infant · disruption · dissolution
Programs directing computer operations
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- platformRaised flat structure
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- integrationCombining into a whole
migration · deployment · uptake · user · enterprise · framework · standard · protocol
nurture
Support growth and development
- fosterEncourage development of
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- protectionGuarding against harm
upbringing · provision · welfare · well-being · safeguarding · supervision · orphanage · childcare · caseworker · respite
custody
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
decree · jurisdiction · consent · attorney · affidavit · certification · notarize · legislation · statute · hearing
kinship
State of being related
- birthmotherWoman who gave birth
- birthfatherMale genetic parent
- birthparentsOriginal mother and father
adoptee · siblings · reunion · ancestry · heritage · lineage · biological · triad · search · DNA
application
Formal request document
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- travelMovement between locations
placement · finalization · matching · background check · orientation · training · fees · agency · facilitator · waiting
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- identityWho someone is
- transracialCrossing racial categories
- diversityState of varied elements
belonging · traditions · homeland · language · narrative · diaspora · assimilation · connection · roots
international
Concerning relations among countries
- domesticOf the home
- transracialCrossing racial categories
- privateRestricted to certain parties
agency · independent · kinship · stepparent · embryo · infant · disruption · dissolution
software
Programs directing computer operations
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- platformRaised flat structure
- rolloutStaged public introduction
integration · migration · deployment · uptake · user · enterprise · framework · standard · protocol · system
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- family bondslove, parent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- animal activitiespetting, feeding, training, grooming, riding
- cat shelterkittens, cats, litters, cages, beds
adoptionrejection
Denial of acceptance
abandonment · repudiation · refusal · discontinuation · renunciation
adoptionnatural birth
Childbirth without pain medication
blood relation · surrogacy · giving birth · natural conception · conceiving
adoptionrelinquishment
Formal giving up
rejection · surrender · giving up · abandonment · foster care
- 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