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mansuetude (s) (noun), mansuetudes (pl)
1. The quality or state of being gentle; meekness, tameness: Lynn will always remember her father who had a mansuetude that was quite natural for him because he had a quiet and soothing voice.
2. Gentleness and mildness: Some Christian believers tend to show a mansuetude of love for others by kindly listening to their questions, difficulties, or problems.
3. Etymology: from Latin mansuetudo, "tameness"; from mansuetus, "tamed"; from mansuescere, "to tame"; literally, "to accustom to the hand", from manus, "hand" + suescere, "to accustom, to habituate".
A characteristic of being gentle and mild.
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A meekness or mildness in appearance.
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Tameness and good behavior.
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This entry is located in the following units: manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda- (page 5) -tude (page 3)
mansuetude (s) (noun), mansuetudes (pl)