readoption

noun — 2 senses

readoption

noun

Etymology From re- + adoption.

1

Usually Being 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

Usually Adoption again; the act of readopting.

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