suppleness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUP'PLENESS, noun [from supple.] Pliancy; pliableness; flexibility; the quality of being easily bent; as the suppleness of the joints. 1. Readiness of compliance; the quality of easily yielding; facility; as the suppleness of the will.
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