Hypertext Webster Gateway: "docility"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Docility \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

docility
n : the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable


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