gentleness

gentleness
Synonyms and related words:
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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