Gentling is

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"the act, performed by [Aes Sedai], of shutting off a male who can channel from the One Power...A man who has been gentled can still sense the True Source, but he cannot touch it." ([The Eye of the World],Glossary)
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Stilling is

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"the act, performed by [Aes Sedai], of shutting off a female who can channel from the One Power...A woman who has been stilled can still sense the True Source, but she cannot touch it." ([The Eye of the World],Glossary)
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! References (Possible Spoilers)

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* In [The Shadow Rising]
** [TSR,Ch5] - Stilling cannot be [Healed|Weaves]. Women who are stilled seldom live more than a few years.
* In [The Fires of Heaven]
** [TFoH,Ch6] - In the [Age of Legends] it was called severing. [Lanfear] tells [Rand] that [Asmodean] severed his own mother.
* In [Lord of Chaos]
** [LoC,Prologue] - In the [Age of Legends], it was referred to as severing.
* IN [A Crown of Swords]
** [ACoS,Prologue] - [Alviarin] does not believe that stilled women can ever survive for long.
** [ACoS,Ch25] - [Moghedien] recalls the being severed is supposed to be the deepest pain one can know.
* In [Crossroads of Twilight]
** [CoT,Ch23] - [Cadsuane] helped [Emarin] survive ten years after he was gentled.
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