domestication

2 definitions found

domestication - 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]

domestication - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"