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domestication |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Domestication \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. From WordNet r 1.6 [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"
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