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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English kindenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
kindness (countable and uncountable, plural kindnesses)
- The state of being kind.
Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.
- An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?
Do me a kindness and leave.
i'm going to turn a blind eye to this misdemeanour, out of the kindness of my heart.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 232:They are grateful for kindnesses that they may have received.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
being kind
- Arabic: إِحْسَان (ar) m (ʔiḥsān)
- Aromanian: bunãtati f
- Belarusian: дабрата́ f (dabratá)
- Catalan: bondat (ca) f, cortesia (ca) f, gentilesa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 恩惠 (zh) (ēnhuì)
- Cornish: kuvder m
- Czech: laskavost (cs) f
- Danish: venlighed (da), velvilje, imødekommenhed, elskværdighed, godhed
- Esperanto: amindeco
- Finnish: kiltteys (fi), ystävällisyys (fi)
- French: bonté (fr) f
- Old French: dolçor
- Friulian: dolçôr m, bontât f
- Galician: bondade (gl) f, amabilidade (gl) f
- Georgian: სიკეთე (siḳete), გულკეთილობა (gulḳetiloba)
- German: Liebenswürdigkeit (de) f
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 f (sēlei)
- Greek:
- Ancient: εὐμένεια f (euméneia)
- Hindi: दया (hi) (dayā), मेहरबानी (hi) f (meharbānī), दयालुता (hi) f (dayālutā)
- Hungarian: kedvesség (hu)
- Italian: bontà (it), gentilezza (it), cortesia (it) f, garbo (it) m
- Japanese: 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 優しさ (やさしさ, yasashisa)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 친절 (ko) (chinjeol)
- Latin: bonitas f, caritas f
- Malayalam: ദയ (ml) (daya), ഐന്തൽ (ml) (aintal), അനുകമ്പ (ml) (anukampa)
- Manx: foayr m
- Maori: tauwhirotanga
- Marathi: दया f (dayā)
- Marshallese: jouj
- Middle English: kindenesse, benignite
- Polish: życzliwość (pl) f, dobroć (pl) f, łaskawość (pl) f, benewolencja f (archaic), przychylność (pl) f
- Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f
- Romanian: bunătate (ro), amabilitate (ro) f, bunăvoință (ro) f
- Russian: доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá), любе́зность (ru) f (ljubéznostʹ), доброжела́тельность (ru) f (dobroželátelʹnostʹ)
- Sanskrit: कृपा (sa) f (kṛpā), दया (sa) (dayā)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: љубазност, доброта, човекољубље
- Roman: ljubaznost (sh), dobrota (sh), milosrđe (sh), čovekoljublje
- Slovak: láskavosť f
- Spanish: amabilidad (es) f, bondad (es) f
- Tagalog: buti
- Tamil: அன்பு (ta) (aṉpu)
- Telugu: దయ (te) (daya)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: incelik (tr), kibarlık (tr), naziklik (tr)
- Ukrainian: доброта́ f (dobrotá)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: caredigrwydd (cy) m
- Zulu: umusa (zu)
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instance of charitable behavior
- Catalan: bondat (ca) f
- Czech: laskavost (cs) f
- Danish: venlighed (da), tjeneste (da)
- Dutch: vriendelijkheid (nl) f, aardigheid (nl) f
- Finnish: palvelus (fi)
- Galician: favor m
- Georgian: სიკეთე (siḳete), გულკეთილობა (gulḳetiloba)
- Italian: bontà (it), favore (it), piacere (it), gentilezza (it) f
- Latin: venia f
- Malayalam: ദയവ് (dayavŭ),
- Middle English: kindenesse, benignite
- Portuguese: caridade (pt)
- Russian: доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
- Sanskrit: राधस् (sa) n (rādhas)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: милосрђе, доброта
- Roman: milosrdje, dobrota (sh)
- Telugu: దయ (te) (daya)
- Turkish: incelik (tr), kibarlık (tr)
- Welsh: caredigrwydd (cy) m
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