English-Danish translations for adoption

• adoption
  International adoption er blot én mulighed. International adoption is just one option.
  Beskyttelse af mindreårige - Adoption af mindreårige Protection of minors - adoption
  Vores holdning til adoption har ændret sig helt. Our attitudes to adoption have changed utterly.

Definition of adoption

• The act of adopting. versus other senses below--
• Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum
• The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
• Transfer between an old system to another system
• An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God

Examples

• A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
• the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
• the adoption of opinions
• the adoption of words from another language
• Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week

Related words

• adoptionism
• adoptionist
• adoption leave
• same-sex adoption