kindness
The state of being kind.
Example
“Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.”
Other meanings
An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
“How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?”
Related words
- diskindness
- nonkindness
- kill with kindness
- lovingkindness
- milk of human kindness
- random act of kindness
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "kyndenesse".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “kindness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.