English Explanatory Dictionary

closed adoption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An adoption where the identity of the biological parents is kept as a secret from the child and their adoptive parents.

Word forms

closed adoption closed adoptions

Antonyms

open adoption
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