| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| avouches | acknowledge (as an act) as one's own |
| handshake | An act of shaking a person's hand with one's own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement |
| handshakes | An act of shaking a person's hand with one's own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement |
| disown | to refuse to acknowledge as one's own |
| adoption | the act of adopting (to take as one's own) |
| plagiary | the act of passing off another's work as one's own |
| adoptions | ADOPTION, the act of adopting (to take as one's own) |
| plagiaries | PLAGIARY, the act of passing off another's work as one's own |
| oops | (used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder) |
