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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILDNESS, n. Softness; gentleness; as the mildness of words or speech; mildness of voice.
1. Tenderness; mercy; clemency; as mildness of temper.
2. Gentleness of operation; as the mildness of a medicine.
3. Softness; the quality that affects the senses pleasantly; as the mildness of fruit or of liquors.
4. Temperateness; moderate state; as the mildness of weather.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn: mildness, clemency]
2: 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" [syn: gentleness, softness, mildness]
3: mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant [syn: lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity]

Merriam Webster's

noun see mild

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mildness Mild"ness, n. The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

Moby Thesaurus

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