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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindness \Kind"ness\, n. [From {Kind}. a.]
1. The state or quality of being kind in any of its various
senses manifestation of kind feeling or disposition
beneficence.
I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of
human kindness To catch the nearest way --Shak.
Unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
--Wordsworth.
2. A kind act an act of good will as to do a great
kindness.
Syn: Good will benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion;
humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness;
generosity; beneficence; favor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kindness
n 1: the quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane
and sympathetic [ant: {unkindness}]
2: tendency to be kind and forgiving [syn: {forgivingness}]
3: a kind act
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
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