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Flexibility

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.

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Adaptability 76% connected

Alt. of Adaptableness

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Malleability 76% connected

The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.

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Plasticity 76% connected

The quality or state of being plastic.

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Amenability 76% connected

The quality of being amenable; amenableness.

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Amenableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

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Docility 76% connected

teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

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Domestication 76% connected

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

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Manageability 76% connected

The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.

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Obedience 76% connected

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

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Pliability 76% connected

The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.

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Tameness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tame.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Flexible 74% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Flexible 74% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Tractable 74% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Tractable 74% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Intractable 66% connected

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; a…

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Intractable 66% connected

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; a…

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Tractable 66% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Tractable 66% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Synonym 1

Tractability 92% connected

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

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Inflexibility 94% connected

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will o…

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Inflexibility 94% connected

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will o…

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