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pliability
| Main Entry: |
pliability
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring*, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flexibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elasticity, adaptability |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
| Antonyms: | constraint, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance |
| Main Entry: | gentleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical sensitivity |
| Synonyms: | delicacy, fragility, mildness, pliability, pliancy, smoothness, softness, sweetness, tenderness |
| Antonyms: | hardness, imperviousness, roughness |
| Main Entry: | softness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impressibility |
| Synonyms: | flexibility, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability |
| Main Entry: | ductility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | compliance, ductileness, elasticity, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tractability, tractableness |
| Main Entry: | flexibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | ductileness, ductility, elasticity, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tractability, tractableness |
| Main Entry: | malleability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, extensibleness, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
| Main Entry: | malleableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, extensibleness, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
| Main Entry: | pliableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring*, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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