Gentleheartedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gentle-heartedness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "He was unquestionably kind, but it was a sort of lazy kindness, owing not so much to gentleheartedness as to a desire to avoid conflict at all cost."

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"He was unquestionably kind, but it was a sort of lazy kindness, owing not so much to gentleheartedness as to a desire to avoid conflict at all cost."

Etymology

From gentlehearted + -ness.

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