graciousness n 1: excellence of manners or social conduct [ant: {ungraciousness}] 2: the quality of being kind and gentle [syn: {benignity}, {benignancy}, {graciousness}] [ant: {malignance}, {malignancy}, {malignity}]
Graciousness \Gra"cious*ness\, n. Quality of being gracious. [1913 Webster]