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Webster 1913 Edition


Kindness

Kind′ness

,
Noun.
[From
Kind
.
Adj.
]
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.
Shakespeare
Unremembered acts
Of
kindness
and of love.
Wordsworth.
Syn. – Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness; generosity; beneficence; favor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kindness

KINDNESS

,
Noun.
[from kind, the adjective.]
1.
Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised cheerfully in gratifying their wishes, supplying their wants or alleviating their distresses; benignity of nature. Kindness ever accompanies love.
There is no man whose kindness we may not sometime want, or by whose malice we may not sometime suffer.
2.
Act of good will; beneficence; any act of benevolence which promotes the happiness or welfare of others. Charity, hospitality, attentions to the wants of others, &c., are deemed acts of kindness, or kindnesses. Acts.28.

Definition 2024


kindness

kindness

English

Noun

kindness (countable and uncountable, plural kindnesses)

  1. The state of being kind.
  2. An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.

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