mansuetude
/ˈmanswɪtjuːd
/noun [mass noun] archaic
Meekness; gentleness.Take it in hand (with mansuetude) and see it fresh, open the old door into a new room....
- They began to answer him with mansuetude and reverence, but afterward he smelled a fox under a sheep's clothing.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mansuetudo, from mansuetus 'gentle, tame', from manus 'hand' + suetus 'accustomed'.