Docility

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being docile; teachableness; readiness or aptness to learn; tractableness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.
  • noun. Willingness to be taught; tractableness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being docile.
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  • noun. the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
  • Word Usage
    "Their rebellion in MP turns out to be pointless, since they are the last group who could hope to rebel — docility is in their bones."
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