• 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)
    lexical concept

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wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:adoption
wn:interlingual indexili:i41608
wn:eq synonymdn:adoption§1

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rdfs:labeladoption