pliant
adjective/ˈplaɪənt/
/ˈplaɪənt/
- soft and bending easily
- The leather is soft and pliant.
- (sometimes disapproving) willing to accept change; easy to influence or control
- He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor.
- The government wanted to make the press more pliant.
Word OriginMiddle English: from French, literally ‘bending’, present participle of plier.
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