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.
