Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kindness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kindness \Kind"ness\, n. [From {Kind}. a.]
1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various
senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition
beneficence.
I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of
human kindness To catch the nearest way. --Shak.
Unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
--Wordsworth.
2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great
kindness.
Syn: Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion;
humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness;
generosity; beneficence; favor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kindness
n 1: the quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane
and sympathetic [ant: {unkindness}]
2: tendency to be kind and forgiving [syn: {forgivingness}]
3: a kind act [syn: {benignity}]
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