Adoption and Undertaking

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).

Undertaking and adoption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Undertaking" instead a noun "Adoption".

Nearby Words: adopt, adopted, adopting, adoptive, adopter

Undertaking

Undertaking noun - Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
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Synonyms for Undertaking

Adoption and undertaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adoption" instead a noun "Undertaking".

Nearby Words: undertake, undertaken, undertaker

How words are described

serious serious adoption serious undertaking
deliberate deliberate adoption deliberate undertaking
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