# Rename to a Declared Word

> A technique for replacing an undeclared word in a name with the declared word that covers its role.

Record: `lexicon:rename-to-a-declared-word`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-rename-to-a-declared-word

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Claimed Foreign Tree](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/claimed-foreign-tree.md) and before [Split the Compound](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/split-the-compound.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Refactors

- [Closed Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/closed-vocabulary.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)