docility
2
7.1
- noun
- /dəˈsɪlɪti/
:
docilidad
- Until then, Miss Dove, I shall expect you to assume the virtue of docility.
Examples
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He adjusted to his new fate... and became a paragon of docility and diligence... slaved 15, 16 hours a day, summer and winter.
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But here too, I have found obedience and docility (teachability) to be very freeing in the end.
Blog text (9) -
And he and his brother had paid the price for her docility.
Fiction book (1990) -
If docility were love, we would all live happily ever after.
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A man might prefer a girl who was, first and foremost, healthy, but her looks, her youth, and her docility were also important priorities.
Academic text (1993) -
Should they give in as if in a spirit of obedience and docility?
Blog text (10) -
The little dog had actually settled down in her warm bed of tummy and T-shirt with surprising docility.
Fiction book (1995) -
Both men deplore Ana's docility to the Church, yet are themselves beholden to medical myth.
Academic text (2003) -
Rather than promoting more student responsibility, Sizer (1984, pp. 54-56, 67, 184) reports that schools commonly foster docility.
Academic text (1994) -
The dog's docility made it easy for the trainer to teach him new tricks.
Synonyms
91
2.6
Willing to do what a person in charge asks
3
5.1
A quiet, gentle way of behaving that avoids arguing or complaining
3
8.1
Being too willing to obey other people without question
1
6.0
A willingness to accept someone else's authority and follow them
1
9.1
Willingness to please others and accept their wishes
A habit of doing what other people want even if you disagree
Being easy to manage and willing to follow advice
A willingness to work with others and accept suggestions
Accepting another person's authority and doing what they say
Readiness to help other people when asked
Antonyms
608
3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Docile
1
8.7
1
6.0
2
7.1
171
5.0
1
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Docility comes from the Latin root doc- meaning 'to teach', the same root you see in doctor, which once meant 'teacher'. So docility is the quality of being ready to learn or accept guidance, which is why it means being calm and easily guided.