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pli·ant  (plnt)

adj.

1. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable.

2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.

3. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.

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[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of plier, to fold, bend, from Latin plicre; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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plian·cy, pliant·ness n.

pliant·ly adv.

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pliant [ˈplaɪənt]

adj

1. easily bent; supple a pliant young tree

2. easily modified; adaptable; flexible a pliant system

3. yielding readily to influence; compliant

[from Old French, from plier to fold, bend; see ply²]

pliancy , pliantness n

pliantly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" plastic impressible, impressionable, waxy - easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"
	2.	pliant - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" tractile, ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape
	3.	pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" elastic, flexible, pliable adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
	4.	pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" bendable, waxy, pliable flexile, flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"

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pliant

adjective

1. impressionable, susceptible, manageable, adaptable, compliant, yielding, pliable, easily led, tractable, biddable, persuadable, influenceable She's proud and stubborn under that pliant exterior.

2. flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, pliable, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable pliant young willows

Translations

pliant [ˈplaɪənt] ADJ (fig) → dócil, flexible

pliant [ˈplaɪənt] adj

(= easily influenced) [person] → docile

(= easily bent) [stem, branches] → flexible