pliableness

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It is certain this pliableness and facility are very liable to abuse.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

His good nature, his benevolence, and the pliableness of his disposition may surely be allowed to compensate for many defects.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William

I wish his words might hold true in a sense of pliableness and yielding to government.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

But who does not feel in the son the serious charm of a power of adaptation and pliableness which we can never associate with the hardy and more rigorous nature of the other?

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography by Morley, John

The goodliest minds are those that have most variety and pliableness in them....

From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)