Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closed adoption

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: closed adop-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adoption where the identity of the biological parents is kept as a secret from the child and their adoptive parents.

Inflected Forms

closed adoptions (plural)

Antonyms

open adoption

Questions

What does closed adoption mean?: An adoption where the identity of the biological parents is kept as a secret from the child and their adoptive parents.

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