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mansuetude

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈman.swɪ.tjuːd/Sorted adeemnstuuStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Gentleness, tameness.

Word origin

Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“to tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).

Used in a sentence

  • That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.
  • Quo me rapis? Quo indeed. My whole conduct, meekness, mansuetude, voluntary abasement, astonishes me.

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