Definition of adoptions:
(n) :
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
(n) :
The act of adopting.
(n) :
The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
(n) :
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
(n) :
(computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
(n) :
(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.