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3 definitions found 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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