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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Docility

/däs-ĭl'-ət-ē/ · Do·cil·i·ty · IPA /dɑsˈɪlətiː/
01 n. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.
  1. 1.
    teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.[Obs. or R.]
  2. 2.
    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.