- pronunciation:
- kaInd
nihs
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When someone has kindness, they act in a nice and caring way toward other people or animals.
The veterinarian shows his kindness toward animals every day. He is patient and gentle with them and always tries not to hurt them in any way.- similar words:
- compassion, warmth
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| definition 2: |
A kindness is a nice thing that someone does for somebody else.
Our neighbor gave my mom a ride to the hospital when she fell. My mom said that was a real kindness.- similar words:
- favor
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| related words: |
charity, consideration, good, heart, help, mercy |
The word kindness
contains the following part:
-ness
Old English
noun-forming suffix
that means
state or quality of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ness
is attached to adjectives to form nouns. It is fully productive, meaning that any word that combines an adjective and the suffix -ness
is an allowable English noun. In a small set of cases, it is attached to a verb (forgiveness) or a noun (witness
).
Example words: