kindness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
  2. noun tendency to be kind and forgiving
    forgivingness.
  3. noun a kind act
    benignity.

WordNet

Kind"ness noun
Etymology
From Kind. a.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913