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Noun
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(n)
domestication
(adaptation to intimate association with human beings)
S:
(n)
tameness
,
domestication
(the attribute of having been domesticated)
S:
(n)
domestication
(accommodation to domestic life)
"her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
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S:
(n)
adjustment
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accommodation
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fitting
(making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)
S:
(n)
readjustment
(the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances))
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derivationally related form
W:
(v)
readjust
[Related to:
readjustment
] (adjust anew)
"After moving back to America, he had to readjust"
S:
(n)
domestication
(accommodation to domestic life)
"her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
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S:
(n)
habituation
(a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)
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(n)
shakedown
(initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)
"the new industry's economic shakedown"