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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gentleness \Gen"tle*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild,
     benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners,
     disposition, etc.; mildness.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gentleness
       n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn:
             {gradualness}] [ant: {abruptness}]
       2: mildness of manner or disposition

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  153 Moby Thesaurus words for "gentleness":
     abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, affability, airiness,
     amiability, ascent, bleeding heart, bonhomie, bowels of compassion,
     breeding, bubbliness, buoyancy, calm, calmness, clemency,
     clementness, compassion, compassionateness, conservatism,
     constraint, continence, control, cool, cordiality, cultivation,
     culture, daintiness, decrescendo, delicacy, dimness, dispassion,
     dovelikeness, downiness, easiness, easygoingness, elegance,
     ethereality, evenness, faintness, featheriness, feebleness,
     flatness, floatability, flossiness, fluffiness, foaminess,
     fondness, forbearance, forbearing, frothiness, geniality,
     genteelness, gentility, gentlemanlikeness, gentlemanliness,
     golden mean, good breeding, good disposition, good humor,
     good nature, good temper, goodnaturedness, goodtemperedness,
     gossameriness, happy medium, humaneness, humanity, humility,
     impartiality, indistinctness, insolidity, judiciousness,
     juste-milieu, lack of weight, ladylikeness, lamblikeness, laxness,
     lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, levitation, levity,
     lightness, lowness, meden agan, meekness, mellowness, mercifulness,
     mercy, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
     moderationism, morbidezza, neutrality, nonresistiveness,
     nonrigidity, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, patience,
     peaceableness, pity, plushiness, polish, prudence, pulpiness,
     quietness, refinement, repose, restraint, ruthfulness, satininess,
     self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint,
     serenity, silkiness, sobriety, softheartedness, softness,
     sponginess, stability, steadiness, subaudibility, subduedness,
     sweetness, tameness, temperance, temperateness, tender feeling,
     tenderheartedness, tenderness, tolerance, tranquillity,
     unclearness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
     unheaviness, unsolidity, velvetiness, via media, volatility,
     warm heart, warmheartedness, weakness, weightlessness,
     yeastiness
  
  

















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