domestication

English

noun
Definitions
  • The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  • 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.
  • (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.

Etymology

Suffix from English domesticate.

Origin

English

domesticate

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