kindness
kind·ness
noun
1.
the quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
Origin
From Middle English kyndenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.
Phrases
- kill with kindness
- milk of human kindness
- random act of kindness
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