naturalization

naturalization
    n 1: the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
         [syn: {naturalization}, {naturalisation}]
    2: the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
       [syn: {naturalization}, {naturalisation}]
    3: the introduction of animals or plants to places where they
       flourish but are not indigenous [syn: {naturalization},
       {naturalisation}]
    4: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with
       the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of
       many Italian words" [syn: {naturalization}, {naturalisation}]
    

Naturalization \Nat`u*ral*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   naturalisation.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]
    

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "naturalization":
      Americanization, about-face, acclimation, acclimatization,
      accommodation, acculturation, accustoming, adaption, adjustment,
      admission, adoption, affiliation, alchemy, assimilation,
      assumption, becoming, breaking, breaking-in, case hardening,
      change, change-over, citizenship by naturalization,
      citizenship papers, conditioning, conversion, culture shock,
      domestication, familiarization, flip-flop, growth, habituation,
      hardening, housebreaking, inurement, lapse, nationalization,
      naturalized citizenship, orientation, papers, passage, progress,
      re-formation, reconversion, reduction, resolution, reversal,
      seasoning, shift, switch, switch-over, taming, training,
      transformation, transit, transition, turning into, volte-face