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Definition of: gentility
(jen·til′ə·tē) noun plural ·ties
1. The quality of being genteel or well-bred; refinement: now often used ironically.
2. Gentle birth; good extraction.
3. Well-born or well-bred persons collectively; gentry. [<OF gentilite <L gentilitas, -tatis <gentilis. See GENTLE.]
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