pliantness
Ease of bending
Pliantness is the quality of being easily bent or shaped, whether literally or figuratively.
A branch has pliantness if it flexes without breaking.
In people, pliantness suggests adaptability or willingness to yield: Her pliantness made her easy to work with, though some saw it as a lack of conviction.
Disposition to obey others
- docilityReadiness to submit
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
meekness · tractability · amenability · biddability · complaisance · conformity · receptivity · passivity
Capacity to bend easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
malleability · ductility · litheness · softness · springiness · give · stretchability · workability
Capacity for varied applications
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- conformabilityTendency to match surroundings
reconfigurability · mutability · convertibility · amendability · alterability · transformability · variability · adaptation
submissiveness
Disposition to obey others
- docilityReadiness to submit
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
obedience · meekness · tractability · amenability · biddability · complaisance · conformity · receptivity · passivity · yielding
suppleness
Capacity to bend easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- limbernessBodily flexibility
elasticity · malleability · ductility · litheness · softness · springiness · give · stretchability · workability · plasticity
versatility
Capacity for varied applications
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
conformability · reconfigurability · mutability · convertibility · amendability · alterability · transformability · variability · adaptation · maneuverability
pliantnessrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · hardness · brittleness · firmness
pliantnessstubbornness
Refusal to yield
obstinacy · inflexibility · rigidity · intransigence · obduracy
pliantnessaggressiveness
Forceful, hostile disposition
harshness · combativeness · ferocity · fierceness · forcefulness
duplicate, explicit, compliance, pliant, accomplice, complicate, replicate, complying, implicate