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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indulgentia"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pietās"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clēmentia"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "zgōnutʻiwn",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "զգօնութիւն"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "štedrota",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "щедрота"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jelindichkjeit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łagodność"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delikatność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentileza"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"word": "blândețe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentilețe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мя́гкость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrotá",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доброта́"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mṛdu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "मृदु"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sādhu",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "साधु"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soineanntachd"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sèimhe"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "being gentle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suairceas"
},
{
"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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