PLI'ANCY, noun [from pliant.] Easiness to be bent; in a physical sense; as the pliancy of a rod, of cordage or of limbs.
1. Readiness to yield to moral influence; as pliancy of temper.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.