pliability
Noun
The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
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A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent.
Noun
the property of being easily bent without breaking
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adaptability of mind or character
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he was valued for his reliability and pliability
he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization
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pliabilities