kindness
n.
pleasantness, amiability; kindheartedness, warmheartedness; friendliness
Kindness
kindness
Noun
1. the quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
(antonym) unkindness
(hypernym) good, goodness
(hyponym) generosity, generousness
(attribute) kind
2. tendency to be kind and forgiving
(synonym) forgivingness
(hypernym) mercifulness, mercy
3. a kind act
(synonym) benignity
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) benevolence, benefaction
Kindness
(a.)
The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
(a.)
A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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宋襄之仁
song4 xiang1 zhi1 ren2
Kind like duke Xiang of Song.
A person who is kind-hearted and benevolent to the enemy (even if it might lead to his death).