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the act of adopting or being adopted

choosing or taking something as one's own

acceptance approval enactment endorsement maintenance ratification approbation appropriation assumption choice confirmation embracement embracing espousal following selection support taking on taking over taking up
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1) the gradual and unconscious adoption or acceptance of ideas, facts (osmosis)

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