mildness

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noun

The quality of being mild; gentleness.

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clemencygentlenesssoftnesslenienceleniencylenity
OriginMiddle English mildenesse ← Old English mildnes →
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Meanings

nounmildness (countable and uncountable, plural mildnesses)

plural mildnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being mild; gentleness.

    A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde, That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:

    c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i

Synonyms & antonyms

noungood weather with comfortable temperatures

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clemency
Broader
good weather

nounacting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered

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gentlenesssoftness
Broader
mannerpersonal manner

nounmercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

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lenienceleniencylenity
Broader
mercifulnessmercy
Also see
clemencygentlenesslenienceleniencylenitysoftness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishmildnes
  2. Middle Englishmildenesse
  3. Englishmildness

From Middle English mildenesse, from Old English mildnes, mildness, equivalent to mild + -ness. Cognate with Old High German miltnissa (“compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity”).

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Translations

Bulgarian мекост, благост
  • мекост (mekost)quality of being mild; gentleness
  • благост (blagost)quality of being mild; gentleness
  • умереност (umerenost)quality of being mild; gentleness
German Milde
  • Mildequality of being mild; gentleness
Hindi सौम्यता, मार्दव
  • सौम्यता (saumyatā)quality of being mild; gentleness
  • मार्दव (mārdav)quality of being mild; gentleness
Latin lēnitās
  • lēnitāsquality of being mild; gentleness
Norwegian Bokmål mildhet
  • mildhetquality of being mild; gentleness

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mindless
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APA

mildness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildness

MLA

“mildness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mildness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mildness.

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