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  • n  the property of being pliant and flexible
  • n  adaptability of mind or character

  • He can discern the weight, pliancy and even the width of the rings of a piece of wood by look, feel or the knocking sound it makes.
  • It was a perfectly Chinese response, rooted in a culture of pliancy and long suffering.
  • Disillusionment with his pliancy was a major motivating factor behind the Nader insurgency.
News & Articles

  • Balancing Religion and Integration
    European society is changing, offering new challenges and perhaps a new assertiveness among Muslims that unsettles those who expect a degree of pliancy from their minorities.
    Sept. 19, 2013 - New York Times
Quotes

  • Orrin Hatch in Bloomberg
    ...Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican who headed the committee when Sotomayor was confirmed to the appeals court, told MSNBC he was concerned about a 1996 law-review article in which she endorsed a "legal system capable of fluidity and pliancy."

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