kindness
Other forms: kindnesses
If someone asks you to do them a kindness, they mean a nice, kind act, the kind that makes you think of puppies and daisies.
The noun kindness can be used for a kind act or to describe someone's temperament. You might say of someone that her kindness is quite genuine, or on the other hand she fakes kindness to get what she wants.
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the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympatheticantonyms:unkindnesslack of sympathytypes:benevolencean inclination to do kind or charitable actsloving-kindnesstender kindness motivated by a feeling of affectionattentivenessthe trait of being considerate and thoughtful of otherscharitablenessgenerosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)bigheartednessthe quality of being kind and generousunselfishnessthe quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others
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tendency to be kind and forgivingsynonyms: forgivingness
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a kind actsynonyms: benignitytypes:cupboard lovea show of affection motivated by selfishnessendearmentthe act of showing affectioncondonationa pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurredexculpationthe act of freeing from guilt or blametype of:actionsomething done (usually as opposed to something said)
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Vocabulary lists containing kindness
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This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that turns adjectives into nouns