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Webster 1913 Edition

Gentleness

Gen′tle-ness

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Noun.

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gentleness

GEN'TLENESS

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Noun.

[See Gentle.] Dignity of birth. [Little used.]

1.

Genteel behavior.

2.

Softness of manners; mildness of temper; sweetness of disposition; meekness.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Gal.5.

3.

Kindness; benevolence.

4.

Tenderness; mild treatment.

Definition 2024

gentleness

gentleness

English

Noun

gentleness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural gentlenesses)

The state of being gentle.

Synonyms

douceur, sweetness

Translations

being gentle

Bulgarian: благост (bg) f ‎(blagost), кротост (bg) f ‎(krotost)
Dutch: minzaamheid
Faroese: góðska f
Finnish: ****ävaraisuus
French:
Old French: dolçor
Friulian: dolčôr m
German: Sanftmut (de) f
Gothic: 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹 f ‎(qairrei)
Hiligaynon: kalagday
Hungarian: gyengédség (hu) f
Icelandic: blíða (is) f
Italian: delicatezza (it) f, mansuetudine (it), dolcezza (it), garbo (it) m
Japanese: 親切 (ja) ‎(しんせつ, shinsetsu), 優 (ja) ‎(ゆう, yū)
Korean: 친절 (ko) ‎(chinjeol)

Latin: indulgentia, pietās, clēmentia, lēnitūdō, lēnitās
Old Armenian: զգօնութիւն ‎(zgōnutʿiwn)
Old Church Slavonic: щєдрота f ‎(štedrota)
Polish: łagodność (pl) f, delikatność (pl) f
Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f
Romanian: blândețe (ro), gentilețe (ro) f
Russian: мя́гкость (ru) f ‎(mjáxkostʹ), доброта́ (ru) f ‎(dobrotá)
Sanskrit: मृदु (sa) n ‎(mṛdú), साधु (sa) n ‎(sādhú)
Scottish Gaelic: soineanntachd f, sèimhe f, suairceas m
Sicilian: cori (scn) m
Spanish: suavidad (es) f, dulzura f
Zulu: ubumnene (zu)