Definition of "pliableness" [pliableness]

• The state of being pliable; pliability. (noun)

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• "Its hardness or obstinacy, in opposition to the pliableness of a heart of flesh, is principally intended in this expression."
• "The laughable element in both cases consists of a certain MECHANICAL INELASTICITY, just where one would expect to find the wide-awake adaptability and the living pliableness of a human being."
• "The goodliest minds are those that have most variety and pliableness in them ...."