pliancy
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pliancy (countable and uncountable, plural pliancies)
- The quality of being pliant.
- Synonym: pliantness
- 1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry:
- [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.