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Definition of Kindness
1. Noun. The quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic.
Generic synonyms: Good, Goodness
Attributes: Kind, Unkind
Derivative terms: Kind
Antonyms: Unkindness
2. Noun. Tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Generic synonyms: Mercifulness, Mercy
Derivative terms: Forgiving, Forgiving, Kind
3. Noun. A kind act.
Generic synonyms: Action
Specialized synonyms: Benefaction, Benevolence, Cupboard Love, Favor, Favour, Forgiveness, Pardon, Endearment, Consideration, Thoughtfulness
Derivative terms: Kind
Definition of Kindness
1. n. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
Definition of Kindness
1. Noun. The state of being kind. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of kind or charitable behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kindness
1. the quality of being kind [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kindness
Literary usage of Kindness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"kindness AND HELPFULNESS. It is natural for children to infer from their early
... kindness to animals, besides being a habit to be taught for its own sake, ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"True kindness is a pure divine affinity, Not founded upon human ... We are
sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been ..."
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