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Docile vs Docileness - What's the difference?

docile | docileness |

As an adjective docile

is yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

As a noun docileness is

quality of being docile; docility.

docile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
  • Ready to accept instruction or direction.

    • Synonyms

    * (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable * (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable

    Antonyms

    * (yielding to control): rebellious, wilful

    Derived terms

    * docilely * docility

    Related terms

    * docent * doctor * doctorate * doctrinaire * doctrinal * doctrine * document * indoctrinate

    Anagrams

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    docileness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Quality of being docile; docility.