- (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
- (v.) Capable of being plied, turned or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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