pliancy

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US/ˈplaɪənsi/

noun

The quality of being pliant.

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pliantnesssupplenesspliability
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Meanings

nounpliancy (countable and uncountable, plural pliancies)

plural pliancies

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being pliant.

    [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.

    1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry

    Synonyms: pliantness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being pliant.

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pliantness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of being pliant and flexible

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pliantnesssuppleness
Broader
bendabilitypliability

nounadaptability of mind or character

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pliabilitypliantnesssuppleness
Broader
adaptability
Also see
moldabilitypliabilitypliantnesssuppleness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pycnial
Cite this entry
APA

pliancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliancy

MLA

“pliancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pliancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliancy.

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