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open adoption

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
open adop-tion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adoption in which the biological mother/biological parents and the adoptive family know each other's identities, and choose to remain in contact after the adoption process is finalized.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

open adoptions (plural)

Antonyms

closed adoption

Questions

What does open adoption mean?
An adoption in which the biological mother/biological parents and the adoptive family know each other's identities, and choose to remain in contact after the adoption process is finalized.

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