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Docility

Docility Meaning & Definition
Docility Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Docility?

[n] the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable

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See Also | flexibility | tractability | tractableness

Docility In Webster's Dictionary

\Do*cil"i*ty\, n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilit['e].] 1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [Obs. or R.] 2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. -- Beattie.

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