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Adjective: adoptive  u'dóp-tiv
  1. Of parents and children; related by adoption
    "adoptive parents"
     
  2. Acquired as your own by free choice
    "an adoptive country"
    - adopted

See also: adopt, foster, surrogate

Antonym: biological

Encyclopedia: Adoptive