gentle-heartedness

alternative gentleheartedness

1. uncountableKindness 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. uncountableMeekness, 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. archaicuncountableRefinement; 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