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▸ adjective: Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
▸ adjective: Docile and easily managed.
▸ adjective: Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
▸ adjective: Polite and respectful rather than rude.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become gentle.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To ennoble.
▸ verb: (transitive, animal husbandry) To break; to tame; to domesticate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
▸ noun: (archaic) A person of high birth.
▸ noun: (fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
▸ noun: A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
▸ noun: A surname.
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kind,
tender,
compassionate,
considerate,
caring,
empathetic,
understanding,
patient,
nurturing,
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