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UK
/kˈaɪndnəs/
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[ US /ˈkaɪndnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkaɪndnəs/ ]
NOUN
- tendency to be kind and forgiving
- the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- a kind act
How To Use kindness In A Sentence
- This time she must seem the forlorn victim, with no resources of sinew or cunning to save her - only the kindness of strangers.
- Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
- Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
- Truly a charismatic man, he projects loving kindness to everyone and it shows.
- His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had.
- It's as if an angel made a divine appointment to show me what a kete of kindness can do for a flock of lost little lambs.
- Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception. Buddha
- Everything was explained in it -- everything made clear; and gradually she realised the natural, strong and pardonable craving of the rich, unloved man, to seek out for himself some means whereby he might leave all his world's gainings to one whose kindness to him had not been measured by any knowledge of his wealth, but which had been bestowed upon him solely for simple love's sake. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
- Crucially, kindness towards others is his new school 's motto. Times, Sunday Times
- In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.