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domestication

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domestication \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.]
   The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action
   of taming wild animals.

Source : WordNet®

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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