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{
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{
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"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სირბილე"
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"roman": "simšvide",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სიმშვიდე"
},
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"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სიწყნარე"
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"sense": "being gentle",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πραότης"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "kalagday"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gyengédség"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blíða"
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{
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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"sense": "being gentle",
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"roman": "shinsetsu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "親切"
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{
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"roman": "yū",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "優"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chinjeol",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "친절"
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{
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"sense": "being gentle",
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "զգօնութիւն"
},
{
"code": "cu",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "blândețe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мя́гкость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrotá",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mṛdu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "मृदु"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sādhu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sèimhe"
},
{
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "suairceas"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cori"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulzura"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "ubumnene"
}
]
}
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"The state of being gentle."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blagost",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "благост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krotost",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "minzaamheid"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "õrnus"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "góðska"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "hellävaraisuus"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "dolçor"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dolčôr"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sirbile",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სირბილე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "simšvide",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სიმშვიდე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sic̣q̇nare",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სიწყნარე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siḳete",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "სიკეთე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sanftmut"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "qairrei",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "praótēs",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πραότης"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "kalagday"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gyengédség"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blíða"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delicatezza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "mansuetudine"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "dolcezza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garbo"
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{
"alt": "しんせつ",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinsetsu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "親切"
},
{
"alt": "ゆう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yū",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "優"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chinjeol",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "친절"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lēnitās"
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{
"code": "la",
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "indulgentia"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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"word": "pietās"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "clēmentia"
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"code": "xcl",
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"roman": "zgōnutʿiwn",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "զգօնութիւն"
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{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "štedrota",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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"word": "Jelindichkjeit"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łagodność"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "delikatność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "blândețe"
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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"word": "gentilețe"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrotá",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sa",
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"roman": "mṛdu",
"sense": "being gentle",
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"word": "मृदु"
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{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "sādhu",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "soineanntachd"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sèimhe"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
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"word": "suairceas"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cori"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulzura"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "ubumnene"
}
],
"word": "gentleness"
}
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