'Docility' definitions:
Definition of 'docility'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
Definition of 'Docility'
From: GCIDE
- Docility \Do*cil"i*ty\, n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilit['e].]
- 1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness. [1913 Webster]
- The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. -- Beattie. [1913 Webster]