What is "pliantness"

Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.]

1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

   The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason.
   --South.

2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.''
   --Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.

n. The state or quality of being pliant.

1. n. the property of being pliant [syn: pliancy, suppleness]

2. the quality of being easily adaptable [syn: pliability, pliancy]