unadopt

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verb

To give up (someone or something previously adopted).

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Meanings

verbunadopt (third-person singular simple present unadopts, present participle unadopting, simple past and past participle unadopted)

present singular third person unadopts · participle present unadopting · participle past unadopted · past unadopted

  1. transitiveTo give up (someone or something previously adopted).

    Persons holding to a view that allows for one to be unadopted must confront another major theological hurdle. Why would God choose before the foundation of the world to adopt someone He knew He would eventually have to unadopt?

    1990, Charles F. Stanley, Eternal Security, page 35
    1 more example

    She told us that she wanted to 'unadopt' Chandi. I explained to her that although our firm does not practice adoption law, I know that an adoption is like a live birth. It can't be undone, assuming the adoption was done properly.

    2014, D. W. Duke, The Duke Legacy, page 268

Origin

From un- + adopt.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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