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    pliant
    pli‧ant /ˈplaɪənt/ adjective
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: present participle of plier; ⇨ pliers
    1. soft and moving easily in the way that you want:
        Isabel was pliant in his arms.
        her pliant lips
    2. easily influenced and controlled by other people:
        Pliant judges have been a problem in the past.
    —pliantly adverb
    —pliancy noun [uncountable]