Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See
   {Ply}, v.]
   1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent;
      flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is
      a pliable plant.

   2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence,
      arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be
      persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable
      youth. ``Pliable she promised to be.'' --Dr. H. More. --
      {Pli"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pli"a*bly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

pliable
     adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
            people ripe for propaganda" [syn: {fictile}]
     2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
        adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
        clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliant}]
     3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
        "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
         {pliant}]
     4: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
        copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
        leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
        of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
         {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]