adopter
- n a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
adoption
- n the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
its adoption by society - n 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)
- n the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
adoptive parent
- n a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child