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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Docility \Do*cil"i*ty\, n. [L. docilitas fr docilis: cf F.
docilit['e].]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
docility
n : the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
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