Definition of "housebroken" [housebroken]

• Past participle of housebreak. (verb)
• Trained to have excretory habits that are appropriate for indoor living: a fully housebroken dog. (adjective)
• Trained to be docile or compliant. (adjective)

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• "To the animal rescue place who then adopts them out to suburbanites who soon learn that the word "housebroken" means different things to different people."
• "But to his credit, Adolf was a fantastic companion for his rescuer...even though he never did quite master the concept of "housebroken" either...."
• "If "Wilfred" is what it takes to ram home some basic training these people missed earlier in life, we must rejoice no matter how they were housebroken."