Definition for MILD'NESS

MILD'NESS, n.

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

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