What is the meaning of gentle?

verb

• Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
  • usage: "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  • synonyms: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gruntle
• Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility.
  • synonyms: ennoble, entitle
• Stroke soothingly.

adjective

• Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe.
  • usage: "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"
  • synonyms: soft
• Having or showing a kindly or tender nature.
  • usage: "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"
• Quiet and soothing.
  • usage: "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"
• Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
  • usage: "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
  • synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, patrician
• Easily handled or managed.
  • usage: "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
  • synonyms: docile
• Having little impact.
  • usage: "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"
  • synonyms: easy, soft
• Marked by moderate steepness.
  • usage: "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"
  • synonyms: easy