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PLIABILITY

• PLIABILITY (noun)
The noun PLIABILITY has 2 senses:

1. the property of being easily bent without breaking
2. adaptability of mind or character

Familiarity information: PLIABILITY used as a noun is rare.

• PLIABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being easily bent without breaking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bendability; pliability

Hypernyms ("pliability" is a kind of...):

flexibility; flexibleness (the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pliability"):

pliancy; pliantness; suppleness (the property of being pliant and flexible)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Adaptability of mind or character

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

pliability; pliancy; pliantness; suppleness

Context examples:

he was valued for his reliability and pliability / he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization

Hypernyms ("pliability" is a kind of...):

adaptability (the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances)

"If you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it."
(English proverb)
"A good chief gives, he does not take."
(Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"Shall the sheep go astray, they will be led by the ill goat."
(Arabic proverb)
"Think before you begin."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of flexibleness
Pronunciation of flexibility
Definition of pliancy
Pronunciation of adaptability
Definition of suppleness

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