Pli·ant a.
1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South.
2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] “A pliant hour.” --Shak. -- Pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Pli*ant*ness, n.
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pliantness
n 1: the property of being pliant [syn: pliancy, suppleness]
2: the quality of being easily adaptable [syn: pliability, pliancy]