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Webster 1913 Edition
Kindness
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
To catch the nearest way.
It is too full o’ the milk of human
kindness
To catch the nearest way.
Shakespeare
Unremembered acts
Of
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.
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)
- The state of being kind.
- An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
Translations
being kind
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instance of charitable behavior