Definition of gentleness
:the quality or state of being gentle;
especially
:mildness of manners or disposition
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The two dogs exhibited a gentleness to all who approached them.
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Tributes to the talented frontman have poured in from all over the world, with many remembering him for his talent, generosity, compassion, and gentleness.
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Our doctrine is succor, compassion, love, gentleness.
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Pet theory: This sustained hunger for competition—along with a comparative gentleness on the body—is why so many former jocks favor golf.
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Quinn Shadko brought gentleness and consummate beauty to Zerlina’s arias of calm and comfort, even the problematic one about domestic abuse.
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No one could have expected such gentleness from that broken body, that raging mind.
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Julianna Setters, her face and apron dusted with flour, patted a disc of dough on Wednesday morning with the gentleness of a mother tending her baby.
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His gentleness and that of his beloved father (who always invited a Skid Row transient to join the family for Christmas dinner) contrast with other male relatives, wounded literally and psychically by the Vietnam War and other hardships.
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First Known Use of gentleness
14th century
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