docile nature
Easy to manage
A docile nature is a temperament characterized by easy compliance and manageability.
Someone with a docile nature accepts direction without resistance: The dog's docile nature made training effortless.
The phrase can carry faint condescension, implying passivity or lack of spirit: They mistook her docile nature for weakness.
- breedCultivated variety of animal
- gentle giantLarge but kindhearted being
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- patienceCalm during delays
pliability · serenity · obedience · lamblike · acquiescent · biddability · tractability · contentment · placidity · submissiveness · trust · humility · agreeableness · ewe · discipline · passivity · trainable · low maintenance
compliance versus resistance
docile naturedefiance
Open resistance to authority
rebelliousness · willfulness · obstinacy · pigheadedness · contrariness