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Synonyms for kindness
ˈkaɪnd nɪskind·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
kindness
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, kindliness, 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
kindnessnoun
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
Synonyms:
benignity, forgivingnessAntonyms:
unkindnessforgivingness, kindnessnoun
tendency to be kind and forgiving
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forgivingness, benignityAntonyms:
unkindnesskindness, benignitynoun
a kind act
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graciousness, benignity, benignancy, forgivingnessAntonyms:
unkindness
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Editors Contribution
softness
softness of heart means someone who gives way easily due to compassion or empathy. softness of a material means it is comfortable, smooth and soft to the touch.
the baby snuggled down onto the softness of her freshly-laundered blanket.
Submitted by Soulwriter on June 7, 2021
Dictionary of English Synonymes
kindnessnoun
Synonyms:
benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feelingkindnessnoun
Synonyms:
kind act, good turn, kind office
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
kindnessnoun
Synonyms:
compassion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness, favor, service, good turn
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "kindness":
goodness, friendliness, gentleness, courtesy, bounty, generosity, sweetness, benevolence
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4766 | charity | |
#5765 | courtesy | |
#7812 | humanity | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#11778 | goodness | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#16810 | bounty | |
#17655 | philanthropy | |
#19248 | generosity | |
#25334 | sweetness | |
#31926 | friendliness | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#52299 | gentleness | |
#99001 | liberality | |
#105635 | beneficence | |
#121603 | graciousness | |
#148590 | unselfishness | |
#192100 | kindliness | |
#232640 | munificence | |
#240406 | almsgiving | |
#299128 | benignity |
How to use kindness in a sentence?
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
I tell my friends, I haven't seen anyone crying alone, i find a lot of resilience, fortitude and kindness.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness
A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
Translations for kindness
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- اللطفArabic
- gentilesa, bondat, cortesiaCatalan, Valencian
- laskavostCzech
- godhed, elskværdighed, venlighed, imødekommenhed, velvilje, tjenesteDanish
- LiebenswürdigkeitGerman
- καλοσύνηGreek
- bondad, amabilidadSpanish
- مهربانیPersian
- kiltteys, ystävällisyysFinnish
- bonté, la gentillesseFrench
- foayrManx
- दयालुता, दयाHindi
- kedvességHungarian
- garbo, favore, gentilezza, piacere, bontà, cortesiaItalian
- חסדHebrew
- 優しさ, 親切Japanese
- ದಯೆKannada
- 친절Korean
- benignitas, bonitas, caritasLatin
- അനുകമ്പ, ഐന്തൽ, ദയMalayalam
- दयाMarathi
- vriendelijkheid, aardigheidDutch
- vennlighetNorwegian
- życzliwośćPolish
- bondade, caridade, gentilezaPortuguese
- bunăvoință, bunătate, amabilitateRomanian
- добротаRussian
- कृपा, दयाSanskrit
- milosrdje, милосрдје, лјубаѕност, човеколјублје, ljubaznost, čovekoljublje, доброта, milosrđe, dobrotaSerbo-Croatian
- vänlighetSwedish
- அன்புTamil
- దయTelugu
- ความกรุณาThai
- iyilikTurkish
- доброзичливістьUkrainian
- مہربانیUrdu
- lòng tốtVietnamese
- גוטהאַרציקייטYiddish
- 善良Chinese
- umusaZulu
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