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Synonyms for gentleness
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Princeton's WordNet
gradualness, gentleness(noun)
the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
Synonyms:
gradualness, mildness, graduality, softnessgentleness, softness, mildness(noun)
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
"his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough"
Synonyms:
unmanliness, mildness, unfitness, indistinctness, womanishness, lenience, fuzziness, blurriness, clemency, leniency, effeminateness, gradualness, fogginess, lenity, sissiness, softness, balminess, effeminacy
English Synonyms and Antonyms
gentleness
Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.
Synonyms:
benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tendernessAntonyms:
cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeancePreposition:
The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.
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#108497 | fuzziness | |
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#155479 | effeminacy | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#241381 | blurriness | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#299128 | benignity |
How to use gentleness in a sentence?
I worked for someone I respected and liked without reservation. He's a man of great strength and also gentleness, there is none I prize more than to have my name alongside George W. Bush.
The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation, and surrender.
I know some of you may disagree with me. The answer to Donald Trump, you may say, is to do just the opposite of Donald Trump. Being noble, being kind, being classy. And I am all for each of those things, but tonight, with our country under an unprecedented assault by a con man who fights only for himself and degrades the vulnerable and the powerless and regular hardworking people day in and day out, I believe that we must honestly ask ourselves as a party whether those we fight for can afford our gentleness.
In the course of lifetime, you will meet many people who will misconstrue your gentle manners with weakness, and try to either take advantage of you, or intimidate you. You must be strong, as strong as the Diamond, while dealing with such predatory people. You must show them by your words and actions that your gentleness is not weakness that can be pushed around. You must make them realize that your compassion, kindness and humility mustn't be mistaken as passive or meek behavior. In my view, week, timid and spineless are those predatory people, who lack strength and courage; while you are the one with true inner strength and tremendous courage - because it is the Gentleness that is indeed founded on strength and prompted by Love. Stay gentle, kind, compassionate and yet extremely strong - because you are the Diamond, and you must maintain your character.
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
Translations for gentleness
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- щєдротаOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- mildhedDanish
- SanftmutGerman
- πραότηταGreek
- mansedumbreSpanish
- hellävaraisuusFinnish
- góðskaFaroese
- sèimhe, suairceas, soineanntachdScottish Gaelic
- gyengédségHungarian
- blíðaIcelandic
- dolcezza, garbo, delicatezza, mansuetudineItalian
- עדינותHebrew
- 優, 親切, 優しさJapanese
- 친절Korean
- lēnitās, lēnitūdō, pietās, clēmentia, indulgentiaLatin
- minzaamheidDutch
- delikatność, łagodnośćPolish
- gentilezaPortuguese
- blândețe, gentilețeRomanian
- мягкость, добротаRussian
- साधु, मृदुSanskrit
- nezaketTurkish
- ubumneneZulu
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