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man·sue·tude

/ˈmænswɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/ Show Spelled[man-swi-tood, -tyood] 

–noun

mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love. 
mansuetude \MAN-swi-tood\, noun:
Mildness; gentleness.

For indeed, it is possible to attain a state of divine mansuetude that nothing dismays and nothing surprises, just as one in love might, after many years, arrive at a sublime tranquillity of the sentiments, sure of their force and durability, through constant experience of their pleasures and pains.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Jordan Stump, Adam Gopnik, The Wrong Side of Paris

You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in the mansuetude of our care, Julie said.
-- Donald Barthelme, Donald Antrim, The dead father

Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally "to tame by the hand."

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Origin:
1350–1400;  ME < L mānsuētūdō  tameness, mildness, equiv. to mānsuē-,  base of mānsuēscere  to become tame, mild ( man ( us ) hand + suēscere  to become accustomed) + -tūdō -tude