Suppleness, flexibility (7)
I believe the answer is:
pliancy
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">suppleness</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that suppleness can be written as pliancy)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">flexibility</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that pliancy is a type of bendability)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pliancy that I've seen before include "give?" , "flexibility" .)