Dictionary entry

Docility

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Do‐cil″i‐ty (?), n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilité.] 1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

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.