Do*cil"i*ty (?), n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilit'e.]
1.
teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.
[Obs. or R.]
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.
© Webster 1913.