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KINDLINESS
kindliness, helpfulness
(noun) friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kindliness (countable and uncountable, plural kindlinesses)
The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby.
(archaic) Favourableness; mildness.
(obsolete) Naturalness.
Synonyms
• (feeling kindly toward someone or something): charitability, friendliness
Antonyms
• unkindliness
Source: Wiktionary
Kind"li*ness, n.
1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] Milton.
2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.
3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season. Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and kindliness of seasons. Whitlock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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