What is another word for kindliness?
Synonyms for kindliness
ˈkaɪnd li nɪskind·li·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
kindliness
According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.
Synonyms:
almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishnessAntonyms:
barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindnessPreposition:
Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.
Princeton's WordNet
kindliness, helpfulnessnoun
friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
Synonyms:
helpfulness
Dictionary of English Synonymes
kindlinessnoun
Synonyms:
benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good-nature, good feeling, fellow-feelingkindlinessnoun
Synonyms:
mildness, softness, gentleness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4766 | charity | |
#7812 | humanity | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#16810 | bounty | |
#17655 | philanthropy | |
#19248 | generosity | |
#38226 | helpfulness | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#99001 | liberality | |
#105635 | beneficence | |
#148590 | unselfishness | |
#192100 | kindliness | |
#232640 | munificence | |
#240406 | almsgiving | |
#299128 | benignity |
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Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love has changed to kindliness.
Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself Why this is Christmas Day
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
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