D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Naturalization

/năch'-ẽr-əl-əz-āsh'-ən/ · Nat·u·ral·i·za·tion · IPA /nˈætʃərələzˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of be…
  1. 1.
    The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.