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Definition of adaptation : 1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.

Synonyms:

reading, compliance, allowance, rendering, registration, evolution, interpretation, edition, arrangement, accommodation, acclimatization, translation, version, adaption, acclimation, correspondence, adoption, conformation, variant, interlingual rendition, fitting, agreement, readjustment

diversification, mutation, revision, change, modification, variation, transfiguration, conversion, alteration, reformation, transposition, deviation, diversity, adjustment, difference, transformation, shift, transition, modulation, metamorphosis

reclamation, proselytization, sublimation, regeneration

Usage examples:

• It is an acute remark of Mr. G. K. Chesterton's, that many plays nowadays turn on problems of marriage: which subject is one for slow years of adjustment, patience, adaptation, endeavor; while the drama requires quick decisions, bouleversements, etc. - "The Psychology of Beauty", Ethel D. Puffer.
• From the Southern point of view none of this legislation was regarded as a restriction of Negro rights but as a wide extension to the Negro of rights never before possessed, an adaptation of the white man's laws to his peculiar case. - "The Sequel of Appomattox A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States, Volume 32 In The Chronicles Of America Series", Walter Lynwood Fleming.
• Mrs. Clemens had made an adaptation of 'The Prince and the Pauper' play, and the children of the neighborhood had prepared a presentation of it for his special delectation. - "Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens", Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009.