adoption
//əˈdɒp.ʃən//
Noun
adoptionSingular
adoptionsPlural
1
The legal process of taking another person's child into one's own family and raising them as one's own.
The adoption process took about a year to complete.
2
The act of accepting, embracing, or starting to use something new, such as an idea, method, or technology.
The adoption of new technology has improved our productivity.