compliable

adj — 2 senses

compliable

adj

Etymology From comply + -able.

1

Bendable; able to bend.

2

Figuratively Capable of yielding to another, or willing to do so; compliant.

  • another compliable mind1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
  • The Jews […] had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions.1746, John Jortin, Discourses Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion:
Antonyms
incompliable

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