flexiblenessn.
/ˈflɛksᵻblnəs/, U.S. /ˈflɛksəb(ə)lnəs/ = flexibility n. in various senses.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]
unsteadfastnessa1300
falsenessc1330
unstablenessc1380
varyingc1380
inconstancec1386
variance1390
geriness1412
instabilityc1422
changeability?a1425
mutabilitya1425
changec1425
changeableness1447
unconstancec1449
unstabilitya1470
mutableness1481
unsureness1481
instableness1483
variation1509
inconstancy1526
shittleness1530
fickleness1548
unconstancy1548
unconstantness1551
inconstantness?a1562
pliableness1562
fast and loose1575
volubility1603
levity1604
unconstability1611
flexibleness1623
vagrancy1642
self-inconsistency1655
inconsistency1665
flittingnessa1680
easiness1705
inconsistence1713
versatility1755
contrariety1762
vibration1785
changefulness1791
girouettism1825
pirouettism1839
weathercockism1843
pirouettiveness1844
volatileness1849
unfixity1856
ficklety1888
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > malleability
flexibleness1623
malleableness1644
malleability1869
mouldableness1883
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > compliancy
correspondence1530
suppleness?1570
pliantness1578
appliableness1587
correspondency1587
flexibleness1623
complacence1626
complacency1651
complaisance1651
pliancy1663
compliance1667
compliableness1684
flexibility1703
complaisancy1710
compliancy1765
pliability1768
1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 293 If this sonne of Chenaanah had not had..an heart of Lead for flexiblenesse to humours, and times.
1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. App. 1 They..perceive in the Superior such a flexibleness, as to pass by their faults.
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §199. 255 The flexibleness of the former part of a Man's Age.
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