noun. The quality of being pliant, or easily bent or inclined in any desired direction; readiness to be persuaded or influenced: as, the pliancy of a rod; pliancy of disposition.

noun. The quality or state of being pliant in sense.

noun. The quality of being pliant.

noun. adaptability of mind or character

noun. the property of being pliant and flexible

"He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure."

adaptability  bendability  pliability  

adaptability  adroitness  airiness  aptness  compactness