docility

The quality of being docile.

Noun

  1. The quality of being docile.
    • Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?

Origin

From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.

Forms

docilities

Synonyms

docileness lethargic placidity

Antonyms

rebelliousness

Derived

undocility

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