Adoption
Adoption noun - 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).
Option and adoption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Option" instead a noun "Adoption".
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Said child does not necessarily have to blood related as Kaoru mentions that adoption is an option when there is no heir.
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That results in Maud's husband throwing her out of the house, which leads to the suffragettes organising a place where she can stay ... and from that moment on, quitting is not really an option, as her husband won't take her back and even gave up her son for adoption without her consent.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain -
Fighting roosters are usually put down as well, as home adoption is seldom an option for poultry even without aggression issues, and concerns about avian disease means they can't be taken anywhere near a chicken farm.
Source: Beastly Bloodsports
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Option and Adoption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adoption/option
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