Sweet-heartedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being sweet-hearted. uncountable

    "What ails it them though I be soft or hard? / Soft hearts would weep and weep and let men die / For very mercy and sweet-heartedness; / I that weep little for my pity’s sake, / I have the grace to save men."

Example

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"What ails it them though I be soft or hard? / Soft hearts would weep and weep and let men die / For very mercy and sweet-heartedness; / I that weep little for my pity’s sake, / I have the grace to save men."

Etymology

From sweet-hearted + -ness.

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