[syn: pliability, pliancy, pliantness, suppleness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pliancy \Pli"an*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the
pliancy of a rod. "Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind."
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pliancy
n 1: the property of being pliant and flexible [syn: pliancy,
pliantness, suppleness]
2: adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his
reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and
suppleness of the organization" [syn: pliability,
pliancy, pliantness, suppleness]