Docile: alternatives and connections

Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.

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Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.

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Of or pertaining to sheep.

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Of or pertaining to sheep.

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To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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of Tame

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of Tame

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Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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of Yield

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of Yield

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teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

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teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

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Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

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Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

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Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

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Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; --…

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Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; --…

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