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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

docilitas

, fr.

docilis

: cf. F.

docilité

teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

[Obs. or R.]

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.

Noun.

Teachableness; readiness to learn; aptness to be taught. The docility of elephants is remarkable.