domestication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun adaptation to intimate association with human beings
  2. noun the attribute of having been domesticated
    tameness.
  3. noun accommodation to domestic life
    • her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication

WordNet


Do*mes`ti*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. domestication.
Definitions
  1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Webster 1913