Synonyms of the word

adoption

• n. The act of adopting.
• n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own…
• n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
• n. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
• n. (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

acceptance

• n. The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence;…
• n. Belief in something; agreement; assent.
• n. State of being accepted.
• n. (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay…
• n. (business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted.
• n. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception…
• n. (law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
• n. (US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents…
• n. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

acceptation

• n. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
• n. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
• n. Ready belief.

appropriation

• n. An act or instance of appropriating.
• n. That which is appropriated.
• n. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
• n. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
• n. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.

approval

• n. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that…
• n. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
• n. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can…

approving

• adj. Expressing approbation; commending.
• v. present participle of approve.

blessing

• n. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
• n. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
• n. Good fortune.
• n. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
• n. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
• n. A thing one is glad of.
• n. A prayer before a meal; grace.
• n. A group of unicorns.

borrowing

• v. present participle of borrow.
• n. An instance of borrowing something.
• n. (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

espousal

• n. A betrothal.
• n. A wedding ceremony.
• n. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

proceeding

• v. present participle of proceed.
• n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
• n. (especially in plural) An event or happening; something that happens.
• n. The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference.
• n. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
• n. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
• n. (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

proceedings

• n. plural of proceeding.
• n. (law, plural only) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (Can we date this quote…
• n. The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.