- docility
- docility (n.) 1550s, from Fr. docilité (15c.), from L. docilitatem (nom. docilitas), from docilis (see DOCILE (Cf. docile)).
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
docility — index amenability, capitulation, resignation (passive acceptance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
docility — docile ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. DERIVATIVES docilely adverb docility noun. ORIGIN Latin docilis, from docere teach … English terms dictionary
docility — noun see docile … New Collegiate Dictionary
docility — See docilely. * * * … Universalium
docility — noun The quality of being docile. Syn: docileness … Wiktionary
docility — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tractability, obedience, submissiveness, compliance, meekness, mildness, gentleness, manageability, pliability, pliancy, acquiescence, willingness, amenability, flexibility, adaptability, malleability, tameness, subservience … English dictionary for students
docility — do·cil·i·ty || dəʊ sɪlÉ™tɪ n. agreeableness, manageability; compliance, submissiveness, obedience … English contemporary dictionary
docility — n. Teachableness, readiness to learn, tractableness, pliableness, pliancy, gentleness … New dictionary of synonyms
docility — n 1. manageability, manageableness, tractability, tractableness, malleability, malleableness, ductility, ductileness, pliability, pliableness; passiveness, timidity, timidness, meekness, gentleness, mildness; acquiescence, compliance,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
