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DOCILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("docility" is a kind of...):
flexibility; tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)
Derivation:
docile (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed)
docile (easily handled or managed)