A form of adoption in which the biological parents have no direct contact with the adoptive family, and the adoptive parents often know little or nothing about the biological parents.
she was told it was a closed adoption and her mother's name could not be released
Often contrasted with open adoption
Definition of closed adoption in US English:
closed adoption
noun
A form of adoption in which the biological parents have no direct contact with the adoptive family, and the adoptive parents often know little or nothing about the biological parents.
she was told it was a closed adoption and her mother's name could not be released