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English Dictionary: docility by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
docility
n
  1. the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Docility \Do*cil"i*ty\, n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F.
      docilit[82].]
      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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