'Kindness' definitions:
Definition of 'kindness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic [ant: unkindness]
noun
Tendency to be kind and forgiving [syn: forgivingness, kindness]
noun
A kind act [syn: kindness, benignity]
Definition of 'Kindness'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kindness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodatingness,
- act of grace,
- act of kindness,
- advantageousness,
- affability,
- agreeableness,
- aid,
- amiability,
- amiableness,
- amicability,
- amicableness,
- amity,
- assistance,
- auspiciousness,
- benefaction,
- beneficence,
- beneficialness,
- benefit,
- benevolence,
- benignity,
- blessing,
- charitableness,
- charity,
- class,
- clemency,
- cogency,
- commiseration,
- compassion,
- complaisance,
- compliance,
- condolence,
- condonation,
- congeniality,
- consideration,
- cordiality,
- courtesy,
- decency,
- desert,
- dispensation,
- disregard,
- excellence,
- expedience,
- fairness,
- favor,
- favorableness,
- feeling,
- fineness,
- first-rateness,
- forbearance,
- forgiveness,
- forgivingness,
- friendliness,
- friendship,
- generosity,
- generousness,
- geniality,
- gentleness,
- good deed,
- good offices,
- good turn,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- grace,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- healthiness,
- helpfulness,
- hospitality,
- humaneness,
- humanity,
- indulgence,
- kind deed,
- kind offices,
- kindliness,
- kindly act,
- labor of love,
- leniency,
- long-suffering,
- longanimity,
- love,
- magnanimity,
- mercy,
- merit,
- mitigation,
- mitzvah,
- neighborlikeness,
- neighborliness,
- niceness,
- obligation,
- obligingness,
- office,
- overlooking,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- patience,
- peaceableness,
- philanthropy,
- pity,
- pleasantness,
- profitableness,
- quality,
- quarter,
- relief,
- reprieve,
- rewardingness,
- ruth,
- self-pity,
- service,
- skillfulness,
- sociability,
- soundness,
- superiority,
- sympathy,
- tenderness,
- thoughtfulness,
- tolerance,
- turn,
- understanding,
- unhostility,
- unrevengefulness,
- usefulness,
- validity,
- value,
- virtue,
- virtuousness,
- warmth,
- well-affectedness,
- wholeness,
- worth