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docile

/ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
adjective
  1. Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.

  2. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Synonymsamenable, compliant, teachable, compliant, malleable, manageable
Antonymsdefiant, perverse, rebellious, wilful

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