docility

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
docile /ˈdəʊsʌɪl/

▶adjective ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.

– derivatives
docilely adverb,
docility noun.

– origin C15 (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from L. docilis, from docere ‘teach’.