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docileness

docileness noun: quality of being docile; docility.

Noun

docileness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being docile; docility.

Origin of docileness

From docile + -ness.

Questions about docileness

What does docileness mean?
Docileness means quality of being docile; docility.
What part of speech is docileness?
Docileness is a noun.

Words near docileness in the dictionary

  1. docibility
  2. docible
  3. docibleness
  4. docile
  5. docilely
  6. docileness
  7. dociler
  8. docilest
  9. docilities
  10. docility
  11. docilization

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