mildness

MILDNESS, n. Softness; gentleness; as the mildness of words or speech; mildness of voice.

1. Tenderness; mercy; clemency; as mildness of temper.

2. Gentleness of operation; as the mildness of a medicine.

3. Softness; the quality that affects the senses pleasantly; as the mildness of fruit or of liquors.

4. Temperateness; moderate state; as the mildness of weather.