Docility
1Docility — 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… …
2docility — index amenability, capitulation, resignation (passive acceptance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3docility — (n.) 1550s, from Fr. docilité (15c.), from L. docilitatem (nom. docilitas), from docilis (see DOCILE (Cf. docile)) …
4docility — docile ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. DERIVATIVES docilely adverb docility noun. ORIGIN Latin docilis, from docere teach …
5docility — noun see docile …
6docility — See docilely. * * * …
7docility — noun The quality of being docile. Syn: docileness …
8docility — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tractability, obedience, submissiveness, compliance, meekness, mildness, gentleness, manageability, pliability, pliancy, acquiescence, willingness, amenability, flexibility, adaptability, malleability, tameness, subservience …
9docility — do·cil·i·ty || dəʊ sɪlÉ™tɪ n. agreeableness, manageability; compliance, submissiveness, obedience …
10docility — n. Teachableness, readiness to learn, tractableness, pliableness, pliancy, gentleness …
