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docile — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • docile adj Easy to control, teach, or manage; gentle and compliant.
  • yielding adj Easily giving way to pressure or persuasion; not resistant.

Senses

docile is used for these senses in English:

  • docile Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
  • docile Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
  • yielding Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

yielding — full definition

  1. adj Easily giving way to pressure or persuasion; not resistant.
  2. noun An act of giving way or conceding.

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