Definition of "pliant" [pli•ant]

• Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable. (adjective)
• Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable. (adjective)
• Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant. (adjective)

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• "Mann congratulated himself on having articulated the notion of pliant time in an early draft of his great novel, even before Einstein expanded the theory in 1916."
• "Its road show, he says, was pitched to believers, and the media in China is largely pliant, meaning the company has rarely faced tough questions."
• "We do not know what the word here translated "pliant" [Greek: streptos] means, and"