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Gentleness

//ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩nəs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being gentle. countable, uncountable

    "[S]he [Sabrina, a water nymph] reviv'd, / And undervvent a quicke, immortall change / Made goddeſſe of the river; ſtill ſhe retaines / Her maiden gentleneſſe, […]"

  2. 2
    acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered wordnet
  3. 3
    the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English gentilnesse; equivalent to gentle + -ness.

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