Meaning & use
docility
The quality of being easy to manage, teach, or control, and willing to accept guidance.
See it in a sentence
The trainer praised the horse's docility during its first riding lesson.
The new employee's docility made her easy to train, but she rarely offered her own ideas.
A note on using this word
Docility can carry a mildly negative tone when it suggests a lack of independent thought, rather than simply good behavior.
Words with a similar meaning
obediencesubmissiveness
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Words with an opposite meaning
defiancestubbornness
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