Adopt and Reject

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Adopt

Adopt verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).
Usage example: shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving
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Reject is an antonym for adopt in select topic.
Nearby Words: adoption, adopting, adoptive, adoptability, adopter

Reject

Reject verb - To declare not to be true.
Usage example: I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
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Adopt is an antonym for reject.
Nearby Words: rejected, rejection, rejecting, rejector, rejecter
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Common collocations

girl adopt girl reject girl
life adopt life reject life
man adopt man reject man
role adopt role reject role
Other words: idea, position, name, form, system, technology, identity, philosophy, names, forms.
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