docilities
States of obedience
Docilities is the plural of docility, the quality of being easily taught, managed, or controlled.
The word appears in contexts comparing degrees or types of submissiveness: The docilities of various dog breeds differ considerably.
It suggests a willingness to follow direction without resistance.
Compliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- servilityExcessive willingness to please
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
passivity · subordination · subservience · tractability · surrender · resignation · obsequiousness · amenability
Gentle, caring quality
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmthHeat you feel
- compassionConcern for others' distress
meekness · mildness · sweetness · amiability · graciousness · humility · courtesy · placidity
Ability to adapt easily
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
conformability · moldability · workability · impressionability · susceptibility · receptiveness · responsiveness · persuadability
obedience
Compliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- servilityExcessive willingness to please
acquiescence · passivity · subordination · subservience · tractability · surrender · resignation · obsequiousness · amenability · biddability
tenderness
Gentle, caring quality
compassion · meekness · mildness · sweetness · amiability · graciousness · humility · courtesy · placidity · patience
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- plasticityAbility to change shape
adjustability · conformability · moldability · workability · impressionability · susceptibility · receptiveness · responsiveness · persuadability · openness
docilitiesrebelliousness
Tendency toward defiant resistance
defiance · insubordination · disobedience · recalcitrance · contumacy
docilitiesintractability
Resistance to management
unmanageability · unruliness · recalcitrance · wildness · uncontrollability
docilitiesferocities
Instances of savage violence
ferocity · aggressiveness · wildness · fieriness · belligerence
doctor, docile, doctrine, docility, indoctrinate, docilely, indocile, docileness