---

• 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.

• pliantness
• suppleness
• pliability

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."