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

Wriggle :: Wriggle (a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

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

Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.

Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

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

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture..

Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

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

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

Obsequiously :: Obsequiously (adv.) In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.

Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather..

Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

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

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

Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.

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

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

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