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).
Pick and adoption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a noun "Adoption".
Pick
Pick noun - A person or thing that is chosen.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- In Of Lilies and Chestnuts, when Fleur De Lis and Fancy Pants see a bat pony as their prime adoption choice, Fleur pulls fancy aside and demands they pick somepony else.
Source: Discriminate and Switch - Finally, the adoption of the spellcard rules governing combat means that it's perfectly sensible to go around and pick fights with random strangers in order to resolve a conflict, or simply because you're bored.
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