English dictionary · noun

flexibility

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

Meaning and definitions

1. The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
2. The quality of having options.

Connected roots

• flect-

  bending

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• reflect

  to throw back light or heat; to think deeply

• flexible

  capable of bending easily without breaking

• flexion

  The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.

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