gentlehood

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gentlehood

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From gentle + -hood.

noun

uncountable The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding. There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiæ^([sic]) have been supplied to him. He grieved bitterly over his own ill doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him.

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@misc{gentlehood_2026,
  title = {gentlehood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gentlehood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}