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gentle-heartedness

gentle-heartedness noun: kindness and compassion.

Noun

gentle-heartedness (uncountable)

  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.2008, Albert Bigelow Paine, A Short Life of Mark Twain, →ISBN, page 7
  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.2008, Robert J. Spitzer, Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People, →ISBN, page 47
  3. (archaic) Refinement; high-born graciousness.
    • And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.2003, Darussalam, Child Companions around the Prophet, →ISBN, page 19

Forms of gentle-heartedness

alternative formgentleheartedness

Origin of gentle-heartedness

From gentle-hearted + -ness.

Questions about gentle-heartedness

What does gentle-heartedness mean?
Gentle-heartedness means kindness and compassion.
What part of speech is gentle-heartedness?
Gentle-heartedness is a noun.

Words near gentle-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. gentle or simple
  2. gentle sex
  3. gentle-handed
  4. gentle-hearted
  5. gentle-heartedly
  6. gentle-heartedness
  7. gentle-like
  8. gentlebeing
  9. gentlebeings
  10. gentleboy
  11. gentleboys

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