readoption

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ adoption.

Noun

readoption (usually uncountable, plural readoptions)

1. Being adopted back into a family or group
   • 2009 August 23, Lucinda Rosenfeld, “Multiple Lives”, in New York Times‎:

     Objectively, Miles realizes that Hayden is insane and past the point of rescue or readoption into mainstream society.

2. Adoption again; the act of readopting.