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Definition of pliant

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Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

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Toward :: Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth..

Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.

Yielding :: Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper..

Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient..

Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable..

Preatory :: Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

Limber :: Limber (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Vimineous :: Vimineous (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.

Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.

Submission :: Submission (n.) The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.

Lithely :: Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner..

Oily :: Oily (superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.

Limber :: Limber (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

Lithesome :: Lithesome (a.) Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

Cheveril :: Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.

Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.