flexibility

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“I bend, curve”).

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

flexibility (countable and uncountable, plural flexibilities)

1. The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
2. The quality of having options.

   I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.

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