readoption

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ adoption.

Noun

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readoption (usually uncountable, plural readoptions)

  1. Being adopted back into a family or group
    • 2009 August 23, Lucinda Rosenfeld, “Multiple Lives”, in New York Times[1]:
      Objectively, Miles realizes that Hayden is insane and past the point of rescue or readoption into mainstream society.
  2. Adoption again; the act of readopting.