an act of finding a foundling and bringing him/her up
捨て子を拾って育てること - EDR日英対訳辞書
The child is a foundling.
あの子は捨て子を拾い上げて育てたのだ - 斎藤和英大辞典
The old couple believed that the foundling had been sent to them as a gift from Heaven and decided to bring him up as their own child.
老夫婦はこの捨て子を神様からの授かりものと思い, わが子として育てようと心に決めた. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
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