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Thesaurus: gentleness

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.
  2. n. the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
  3. n. acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
  4. The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.
  5. The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild,benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners,disposition, etc.; mildness.
  6. n:100 n. acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered