What does "domestication" mean?

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

Domestication

Common synonyms include: accommodation, adjustment, breeding, conditioning, cultivation, cultural adaptation.

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Noun

1
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants. countable, uncountable
2
accommodation to domestic life wordnet
3
The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created. countable, uncountable
4
the attribute of having been domesticated wordnet
5
The act of domesticating a text. countable, uncountable

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"Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication."

From domesticate + -ion.