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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions);
[syn: formalization, formalisation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

formalization
    n 1: the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules
         governing classes of expressions) [syn: formalization,
         formalisation]