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mildness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mildness has 3 senses
- mildness(n = noun.state) clemency - good weather with comfortable temperatures; Array is a kind of good weather
- mildness(n = noun.attribute) gentleness, softness - 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" is a kind of manner, personal manner
- mildness(n = noun.attribute) lenience, leniency, lenity - mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant; Array is a kind of mercifulness, mercy
has particulars: balminess, softness
Derived form adjective mild3
Derived form adjective mild1
CIDE DICTIONARY
mildness, n.
The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
mildness
abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, affability, amiability, bonhomie, calm, calmness, clemency, clementness, compassion, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, cordiality, deadness, dispassion, dovelikeness, easiness, easygoingness, evenness, flatness, flavorlessness, forbearance, forbearing, geniality, gentleness, golden mean, good disposition, good humor, good nature, good temper, goodnaturedness, goodtemperedness, happy medium, humaneness, humanity, humility, impartiality, inanity, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, jejunity, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lamblikeness, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, lifelessness, meden agan, meekness, mercifulness, mercy, middle way, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, patience, peaceableness, pity, prudence, quietness, repose, restraint, saplessness, savorlessness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, sobriety, softness, stability, staleness, steadiness, sweetness, tameness, tastelessness, temperance, temperateness, tenderness, thinness, tolerance, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unsavoriness, vapidity, via media, weakness, wishy-washinessROGET THESAURUS
mildness
Lenity
N lenity, lenience, leniency, moderation, tolerance, toleration, mildness, gentleness, favor, indulgence, indulgency, clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter, compassion, lenient, mild, mild as milk, gentle, soft, tolerant, indulgent, easy-going, clement, forbearing, long-suffering.
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