MILDNESS

lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity

(noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

gentleness, softness, mildness

(noun) acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; “his fingers have learned gentleness”; “suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby”; “even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough”

mildness, clemency

(noun) good weather with comfortable temperatures

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mildness (countable and uncountable, plural mildnesses)

The quality of being mild; gentleness.

Anagrams

• mindless

Source: Wiktionary


Mild"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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