domestication

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

domestication
    n 1: adaptation to intimate association with human beings
    2: the attribute of having been domesticated [syn: {tameness},
       {domestication}] [ant: {wildness}]
    3: accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband
       resisted all her attempts at domestication"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Domestication \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.]
   The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action
   of taming wild animals.
   [1913 Webster]

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