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Noun pliability has 2 senses

• pliability(n = noun.attribute) bendability - the property of being easily bent without breaking; Array
is a kind of flexibility, flexibleness
has particulars: pliancy, pliantness, suppleness
Derived forms adjective pliable₄, adjective pliable₂

• pliability(n = noun.attribute) pliancy, pliantness, suppleness - adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"
is a kind of adaptability
Derived form adjective pliable₃

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pliability

abulia, acquiescence, adaptability, agreeability, agreeableness, alacrity, amenability, aptitude, aptness, ardor, bendability, biddability, brightness, cheerful consent, cleverness, compliableness, compliance, consent, convenience, cooperativeness, cowardice, docility, ductibility, ductility, eagerness, educability, elasticity, enthusiasm, extendibility, extensibility, facility, faintheartedness, faintness, favorable disposition, favorableness, fear, feasibility, feeblemindedness, feebleness, fictility, flexibility, flexility, flexuousness, formativeness, forwardness, frailty, gameness, give, goodwill, handiness, impressionability, infirmity, intelligence, limberness, litheness, malleability, manageability, manageableness, maneuverability, moldability, motivation, plasticity, pliancy, practicality, promptness, quickness, readiness, receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, right mood, sensibility, sensitiveness, sequacity, servility, spinelessness, springiness, submissiveness, subservience, suppleness, susceptibility, teachability, teachableness, tensileness, tensility, tractability, tractility, trainableness, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, untroublesomeness, weak will, weak-mindedness, weakness, wieldableness, wieldiness, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, willowiness, yieldingness, zeal, zealousness

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Willingness

N willingness, voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination, leaning, animus, frame of mind, humor, mood, vein, bent, penchant, aptitude, docility, docibleness, persuasibleness, persuasibility, pliability, geniality, cordiality, goodwill, alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness, asset, compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love, volunteer, volunteering, willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed, propense, docile, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going, tractable, genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty, content, voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked &c (ask), unforced, willingly, fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content, yes.

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.

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