pliancy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PLI'ANCY, noun [from pliant.] Easiness to be bent; in a physical sense; as the pliancy of a rod, of cordage or of limbs. 1. Readiness to yield to moral influence; as pliancy of temper.
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