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gentle-heartedness

noun

Etymology

From gentle-hearted + -ness.

  1. inherited from herted
  2. compounded as gentle-hearted — “gentle + hearted”
  3. suffixed as gentle-heartedness — “gentle-hearted + ness”

Definitions

  1. Kindness and compassion.

    • There was a halo about everything that Uncle John did, the radiance that goes with great kindness, the jovial gentle-heartedness of a humane man.

  2. Meekness, mildness.

    • Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle.

  3. Refinement

    Refinement; high-born graciousness.

    • And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA