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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mildness, clemencynoun

    good weather with comfortable temperatures

  2. gentleness, softness, mildnessnoun

    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"

  3. lenience, leniency, mildness, lenitynoun

    mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

Wiktionary

  1. mildnessnoun

    The quality of being mild; gentleness

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mildnessnoun

    Etymology: from mild.

    This milky gentleness and course of yours;
    You are much more at task for want of wisdom,
    Than prais’d for harmful mildness. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    The same majestick mildness held its place;
    Nor lost the monarch in his dying face. Dryden.

    His probity and mildness shows
    His care of friends and scorn of foes. Addison.

    I saw with what a brow you brav’d your fate;
    Yet with what mildness bore your father’s hate. Dryden.

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  1. mildness

    Mildness refers to the quality or state of being mild in behaviour, temperament, or action. This can encompass anything from gentle weather, to a soft-spoken personality, to a food that isn't spicy. It implies a lack of harshness, extremity, or severity; presenting calmness, gentleness or moderation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mildnessnoun

    the quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mildness in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mildness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of mildness in a Sentence

  1. The Hitopadesa:

    Knowledge produces mildness of speech; mildness of speech, a good character; a good character, wealth; wealth, if virtuous actions attend it, happiness.

  2. Magha:

    That energy which veils itself in mildness is most effective of its object.

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