readoption

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noun

Being adopted back into a family or group

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Meanings

nounreadoption (usually uncountable, plural readoptions)

plural readoptions

  1. uncountableusuallyBeing adopted back into a family or group

    Objectively, Miles realizes that Hayden is insane and past the point of rescue or readoption into mainstream society.

    2009 August 23, Lucinda Rosenfeld, “Multiple Lives”, in New York Times
  2. uncountableusuallyAdoption again; the act of readopting.

Origin

From re- + adoption.

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APA

readoption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readoption

MLA

“readoption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readoption. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readoption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readoption.

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