Act Of Taking As Ones Own

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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		Letters	Answer	Clue
	99%	8		Exact Match!
noun • the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception • a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) • the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
	23%	12		Act of taking in external information or experiences as part of one's own identity
noun • (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego • (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects
	23%	7		Act of intentionally taking one's own life
noun • the act of killing yourself • a person who kills himself intentionally

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