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docility

docility noun: the quality of being docile.

Noun

docility (usually uncountable, plural docilities)

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

docility meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

docility in Tamil

படிமானம், பண்

docility in Marathi

docility, simplicity
सालसपणा sālasapaṇā

docility in Urdu

سدھڑ پن

docility in Malayalam

വിദ്യാവാസന, പഠിക്കാനുളള മനസ്സ്, അധീനത, വിനയം, ഇണക്കം

Synonyms of docility

Antonyms

Forms of docility

pluraldocilities

Origin of docility

From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.

Words formed from docility

Questions about docility

What does docility mean?
Docility means the quality of being docile.
What is docility in Tamil?
Docility in Tamil is படிமானம், பண். See Docility meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is docility?
Docility is a noun.
What is the plural of docility?
The plural of docility is docilities.

Words near docility in the dictionary

  1. docilely
  2. docileness
  3. dociler
  4. docilest
  5. docilities
  6. docility
  7. docilization
  8. docilize
  9. docilized
  10. docilizes
  11. docilizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: docility (page history and authors); docility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सालसपणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); docility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); docility (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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