tameness

After all, isolated populations are generally more mild-mannered, thanks to a phenomenon known as island tameness.

Darwin attributed their tameness to a lack of predators and large nonnative ungulates in their native haunts.

We were selecting dogs for docility and tameness, but these traits were genetically linked to the tail-wagging behavior.

Garcia attributed much of this year’s tameness to the rains, which ended the “off the charts” dryness that had plagued the landscape in recent years, priming it to burn.

We laughed at the tameness of the deer, their noses cold and dry as they gently nibbled at our open palms.