domestication

Etymology

domesticate + -ion

noun

  1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  2. The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
  3. (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.

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