The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ADOPTION which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2002.
Taking as one's own crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ADOPTION | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Taking as one's own
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- suicide
- abstraction
- wayward
- appropriation
- recaption
- self-destruction
- adoption
- egocentric
- possession
- posthumous
- conduct
- live
Crossword Answer definitions
ADOPTION noun- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
- Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
- Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
- An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
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