Literally, Délit is offence indeed, but in the criminal sense, like "misdemeanor" or even "crime". That can be just a theft though. Anyway something definitely reprehensible, condemnable.
I wouldn't think of "flexible" (that also exists in French) for docile. My dictionary says "docile", "tame", "submissive" in English. I think they're all better than flexible.
Actually, both terms are absolute opposites. That's what Farmer wanted of course. You should just try to do the same opposite in English.
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