Domestication

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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