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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gentleness \Gen"tle*ness\, noun The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gentleness
noun
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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