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Domestication

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

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Accommodation 76% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Adaptation 76% connected

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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Adaption 76% connected

Adaptation.

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Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Fitting 76% connected

of Fit

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Flexibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Tractability 76% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

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Tame 74% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tame 74% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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Attribute 4

Tame 66% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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Tame 66% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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Tamed 66% connected

of Tame

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Tamed 66% connected

of Tame

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Synonym 1

Tameness 92% connected

The quality or state of being tame.

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Antonym 2

Wildness 94% connected

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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Wildness 94% connected

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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