Kindness

Definitions: Kindness

Kindness

Noun

1. The quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic.

2. Tendency to be kind and forgiving.

3. A kind act.

Date "kindness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Kindness \Kind"ness\, noun. [From Kind.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Kindness

Synonyms: benignity (n), forgivingness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: unkindness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Benevolence	Good nature, good feeling, good wishes; kindness, kindliness; Adjective: loving-kindness, benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow-feeling, sympathy: goodness of heart, warmth of heart; bonhomie; kind-heartedness; amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness; love; friendship.
	Acts of kindness, a good turn; good offices, kind offices good treatment, kind treatment.
Endearment	Verb: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You're the one person with enough kindness and wisdom to understand this, but Fred, you're the one person I can never tell. (Brief Encounter; writing credit: David Lean, written by Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, and Ronald Neame.) The prince tried to apologize but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no kindness in his heart. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. (A Streetcar Named Desire; writing credit: Tennessee Williams; Oscar Saul) Your kindness is appreciated. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) You know, Lady Francis, there's not enough kindness in the world. ('Round Midnight; writing credit: David Rayfiel; Bertrand Tavernier)
Lyrics	There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness (All About Soul; performing artist: Billy Joel) Girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Has all the kindness gone? (The World I Know; performing artist: Collective Soul) I thank you for the kindness (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg) Kindness In your eyes (Jesus To A Child; performing artist: George Michael)
Clever	Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, courage in our own. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The Kindness of Strangers (1967) A Cup of Kindness (1934) The Kindness of Strangers (1998) Dalziel and Pascoe: A Killing Kindness (1997)
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Domain	Title
Books	Little Miracles: Cherished Messages of Hope, Joy, Love, Kindness and Courage (reference) Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Kindness and Everyday Heroes (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Andre Previn - The Kindness of Strangers (reference) Cup of Kindness (reference) Character Builders: Learn More About Sharing and Kindness (reference) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Kindness (reference) Touch of Frost:Not With Kindness (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Kindness (reference) Kindness of Strangers (reference) The Kindness of Strangers (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	Modern scientific methods supplement a tradition of kindness. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud..		Showered with kindness. Credit: Library of Congress.
	My aunt's kindness. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Author Unknown	Kindness has more power than compulsion.
	A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.
Confucius	Kindness is greater than law.
	Act with kindness, but do not exact gratitude.
Henry David Thoreau	We hate the kindness which we understand.
Joseph Joubert	Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
Sophocles	Kindness gives birth to kindness.
William Shakespeare	Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The subjection of a minor places in the father a temporary government, which terminates with the minority of the child: and the honour due from a child, places in the parents a perpetual right to respect, reverence, support and compliance too, more or less, as the father's care, cost, and kindness in his education, has been more or less. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	She had fallen into good hands, known nothing but kindness from the Campbells, and been given an excellent education.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Unless people are more than commonly disagreeable, it is my foolish habit to contract a kindness for them.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He treated Javert as he did everybody else, at ease and with kindness.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	And look to have it yielded with all kindness.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The huge Jessie spoke, and her manner was full of dignity and kindness, and her speech was rehearsed.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	He acted every part of an orator, and I could observe many periods of threatenings, and others of promises, pity, and kindness.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dan Rather	Well, I think de Tocqueville also wrote that any person who comes to the United States of America and does not remark on the kindness of its people has missed something very significant about the country.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	With the Indian tribes it is our duty to cultivate friendly relations and to act with kindness and liberality in all our transactions.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Acquiescence in the constitutionally expressed will of the majority, and the exercise of that will in a spirit of moderation, justice, and brotherly kindness, will constitute a cement which would for ever preserve our Union.
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	At least until the good offices of kindness and education have been fairly tried the contrary conclusion can not be plausibly urged.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Through the gathering momentum of millions of acts of service and decency and kindness, I know we can overcome evil with greater good.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Kindness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.72% of the time. "Kindness" is used about 701 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.72%	699	9,549
Noun (proper)	0.14%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	0.14%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	701	N/A

Expressions using "kindness": a person of rare kindness ♦ encroach upon a person's kindness ♦ kill with kindness ♦ loving kindness ♦ many thanks for your kindness ♦ meet with kindness ♦ milk of human kindness ♦ repay a kindness ♦ show much kindness ♦ spontaneous kindness ♦ treat with kindness ♦ with his wonted kindness. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "kindness": cruelty-kindness, loving-kindness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "kindness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		vriendelikheid. (various references)

Albanian		xhentilesë (courtesy, politeness), nder (benignity, boon, complaisance, credit, distinction, fair dealing, Favor, favour, honor, honour, service), mirësi (benefaction, boon, gentleness, goodness, grace, graces, virtue, warmth, well doing), dashamirësi (affability, amiability, beneficence, benevolence, geniality, goodwill), ëmbëlsi (greasiness, honey, pleasantness, suavity, sweetness, tenderness). (various references)

Arabic		‏كرم (benignity, fete, geniality, hospitality, lionize, vineyard), ‏ملاطفة (caress, civility, courtesy, friendliness, kind treatment, petting), ‏معروف (celebrated, famed, familiar, famous, far-famed, known, recognized, renowned, service, well known), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏لطافة (friendliness, geniality, gentleness), ‏حنان (care, love, pity, tenderness, warm-heartedness), ‏حسن أخلاق, ‏عطف (favor, favour, goodwill, kindliness, sentimentalize, sympathy), ‏الإحسان (alodium, beneficence), ‏شفقة (compassion, mercy, pathos, pity, sympathy), ‏دماثة (gentleness, refinement, suavity). (various references)

Bulgarian		услуга (benignity, favour, office, service, turn), любезност (affability, amenity, amiability, civility, decency, douceur, fairness, goodness, mellowness, pleasantness, politeness), доброта (goodness), доброжелателство (benevolence, favour, friendliness, goodwill), добро дело, добрина (benignity, good nature, goodness, kindliness). (various references)

Chinese		仁慈 (benevolent, charitable, kind, kindly, merciful). (various references)

Czech		laskavost (benevolence, benignity, Favor, favour, goodness, grace, graciousness, kindliness). (various references)

Dutch		voorkomendheid, liefheid. (various references)

Esperanto		afableco. (various references)

Faeroese		blíðskapur. (various references)

Farsi		مهربانی (Affability, Amiability, Blithe), لطف (Boon, Ethereal). (various references)

Finnish		ystävällisyys (friendliness, gentleness), suopeus (favour, goodwill, propitiousness), hyvyys (goodness), hyväsydämisyys (kind-heartedness), hyväntahtoisuus (benevolence, goodwill). (various references)

French		amabilité (kindliness). (various references)

German		liebenswürdigkeit (amenity, amiability, gentleness, ingratiation, kindliness, lovableness, politeness, sweetness), Freundlichkeit (affability, cheerfulness, congeniality, cordiality, Favor, favorableness, favour, favourableness, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, goodwill, kindliness, orderliness, pleasantness, tenderness). (various references)

Greek		καλωσύνη (kindliness), καλοσύνη (benevolence, clemency, goodness, humaneness), αγαθότησ, αγαθότητα. (various references)

Hebrew		פ� ים מסבירות (cordiality), א�"יבות (affability, courtesy, courtliness, mannerliness, politeness), חס�" (benefaction, benevolence, boon, charity, goodness, grace, graciousness), טוב לב (affable, benign, generous, good hearted, goodness, kind, kindhearted), סבר פ� ים (affability, cordiality, geniality). (various references)

Hungarian		kedvesség (affability, amenity, amiability, charm, gentleness, loveliness, niceness, prettiness, suavity), jóság (benignity, charity, goodness, kindliness, soul of kindness). (various references)

Indonesian		jasa (desert, service). (various references)

Italian		gentilezza (affability, blandness, civility, comity, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, goodwill, kindliness, lovableness, thoughtfulness, urbanity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		慈愛 (affection, love), 懇意 (friendship, intimacy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うい (act, celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, deed, dignity, ecliptic latitude, eminent, favor, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), じあい (affection, love, taking care of oneself, texture), じつ (essence, faith, fidelity, reality, sincerity, substance, truth), よしみ (connection, favor, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, intimacy, relation), やっかい (bother, burden, care, dependence, obligation, support, translating and explaining, trouble, worry), �"�"い (friendship, intimacy), �"�"せつ (cordiality, exhaustiveness), じ�"し�" (benevolence, human heart, human nature, human spirit, humanity, one's person, retainers, subjects, sympathy, the human body), �"うじょう (advancement, bank of a large river, code of morals, colloid, compromise, concession, constancy, elevation, factory, favour, friendship, hospitality, improvement, intimacy, mill, moral principles, plant, progress, rise, ruined castle, siege, speech, vocal message, workshop), ぎ (affair, be suspicious of, case, ceremony, connection, deception, deed, distrust, doubt, false, falsehood, favor, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, honour, imitation, intimacy, justice, lie, matter, morality, relation, righteousness, rule, skill), か�"�"う (call to surrender, completion, consider, customary practice, decisive action, encouragement of industry, examination and correction, exposure, gagging, going slowly, habit, hushing up, issue, keeping silent, largeheartedness, publication, sensitization, sightseeing, traditional event), に�"じょう (bloodshed, common sense, customs and manners, empathy, human nature, humanity, sympathy), に�"じょうみ (human interest), ほうし (attendance, bonze, Buddhist priest, enshrine, inquiring about, licentious, self-indulgent, service, spore), ひと�"�"ろ (human heart, human nature, human spirit, sympathy), し�"せつ (deep snow, gentleness, loyalty to one's master, new snow, new theory, newly organized or established), し�"せつし�", �"�"ろづくし (consideration). (various references)

Korean		친� �. (various references)

Manx		kenjallys (kindliness, obligingness), keainid (heart, heart), natural affection, tenderness, tenderness of memory), foayr (benefaction, boon, discrimination, favour, interest). (various references)

Papiamen		afabilidat. (various references)

Pig Latin		indnesskay

Polish		uprzejmość. (various references)

Portuguese		bondade (alms deed, benignity, charity, goodness, grace, humaneness, humanize, indulgence, kindliness, virtue), gentileza (favor, heathendom, kindling, niceness), amabilidade (amiability, kindliness, loveliness), afabilidade (affability, affableness, amenability, amenity, friendship, goodness, suavity). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		bondade. (various references)

Romanian		prietenie (amicability, amity, friendliness, friendship, good feeling, kindliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness), gentileţe (amiableness), favoare (boon, Favor, favour, pap, protection, service, smile), bunãvoinţã (amiability, amicableness, benevolence, charity, clemency, condescension, friendliness, good will, goodwill, grace, graciousness, humanity, patronage, readiness, stoop, willingness), bunãtate (benignity, bounty, dainties, feeling, goodness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, virtue), amabilitate (affability, amability, amiability, amiableness, blandness, civility, courteousness, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, obligingness, politeness, willingness). (various references)

Russian		доброта (benignity, candor, candour, gentleness, goodness, graciousness, humaneness, kindliness). (various references)

Scottish		tl� ths (mildness, smoothness;, tenderness), suairceas (affability, civility, gentleness), maitheas (bounty, goodness), iochd (clemency, humanity, mercy), coibhneas (proper spelling of caoimhneas), carantas (friendliness), b� idh (benignity, love). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		usrdnost (zeal), ljubaznost (affability, amiability, amicability, boon, cordiality, geniality, graciousness, kindliness, niceness, suavity). (various references)

Spanish		amabilidad (amenity, amiability, amicability, bonhomie, decency, friendliness, gentleness, graciousness, niceness, pleasantness, sympathy). (various references)

Swedish		välvilja (benevolence, benignity, good will, good-will, grace), godhet (benevolence, goodness, kindliness, open-handedness). (various references)

Thai		ความเมตตา (mercifulness), ความสงสาร (ruth). (various references)

Turkish		nezaket (affability, civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, daintiness, decency, decorum, delicacy, devoirs, gallantry, gentleness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, keenness, kindliness, mildness, polish, politeness, suavity, sweetness, urbaneness, urbanity), lütuf (blessing, boon, complaisance, condescension, Favor, favour, grace, kindliness), iyilik (beneficence, favour, goodness, kindliness, loving kindness, well being), iltifat (attention, bouquet, claptrap, compliment, sugar, taffy), şefkât (affection, clemency, compassion, feeling, fondness, humaneness, kindliness, loving kindness, tenderness). (various references)

Ukranian		сердечність (cordiality, heartiness, warmth), прихильність (acceptance, adherence, affectation, affection, benevolence, bias, committal, devotion, endearment, favour, good-liking, goodwill, grace, liking, sympathy), послуга (accommodation, favour, office, turn), доброта (benignity, candor, candour, geniality, goodness, kindliness). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tử tế (amiability, amiableness), sự ân cần (affability, affableness, considerateness), lòng tốt điều tử tế, điều tốt sự thân ái. (various references)

Welsh		tiriondeb (tenderness), mwyneidd-dra (gentleness), hynawsedd (amenity, geniality), cymwynasgarwch (obligingness), cymwynas, caredigrwydd. (various references)

Zulu		umusa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	benefactorum, beneficentia, benefici, beneficia, beneficientiae, beneficii, beneficiis, beneficio, beneficiorum, benevolentia, bonitas, bonitate, bonitatem, bonitatis, candor, candorem, humanitas, humanitatem, humanitatis, indulgentiam, officia, officii, officiis, officio, officium, pietas, veniam, venias. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	liss. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	merci. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Iscun kai euprepeian enedusato kai eufranqh en hmeraiV escataiV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Phe os suum aperuit sapientiae et lex clementiae in lingua eius
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Fee. Hir mouth she openede to wisdam; and the lawe of noble merci in the tunge of hir. Sade.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue is the law of kindness.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.
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Language	Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 26
Cebuano	Siya nagabuka sa iyang baba uban ang pagkamanggialamon; Ug ang balaod sa pagkamaloloy-on maoy anaa sa tumoy sa iyang dila.
Croatian	Svoja usta mudro otvara i pobožan joj je nauk na jeziku.
Danish	Hun åbner Munden med Visdom, med mild Vejledning på Tungen.
Dutch	Pe. Zij doet haar mond open met wijsheid; en op haar tong is leer der goeddadigheid.
Finnish	Suunsa hän avaa viisauden sanoihin, hänen kielellään on lempeä opetus.
French	Elle ouvre la bouche avec sagesse, Et des instructions aimables sont sur sa langue.
German	Sie tut ihren Mund auf mit Weisheit, und auf ihrer Zunge ist holdselige Lehre.
Hungarian	Az õ száját bölcsen nyitja meg, és kedves tanítás van nyelvén.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dengan lemah lembut ia berbicara; kata-katanya bijaksana.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dibukakannya mulutnya dengan akal budi dan pengajaran kemurahan adalah pada lidahnya.
Italian	Apre la bocca con saggezza e sulla sua lingua c'è dottrina di bont� .
Maori	He nui ona whakaaro ina puaki tona mangai; kei tona arero te ture o te atawhai.
Norwegian	Hun oplater sin munn med visdom, og kjærlig formaning er på hennes tunge.
Portuguese	Pê. Abre a sua boca com sabedoria, e o ensino da benevolência está na sua língua.
Rumanian	Ea deschide gura cu knyelepciune, wi knvqyqturi plqcute ki sknt pe limbq.
Russian	хУФБ УЧПЙ ПФЛТЩЧБЕФ У НХ�"ТПУФША, Й ЛТПФЛПЕ ОБУФБЧМЕОЙЕ ОБ СЪЩЛЕ ЕЕ.
Spanish	Su boca abre con sabiduría, y la ley de la misericordia está en su lengua.
Swedish	Sin mun upplåter hon med vishet, och har vänlig förmaning på sin tunga.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "kindness": kindnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "kindness": unkindness. (additional references)
	Words containing "kindness": unkindnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Kindness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kidness, Kindenesse, kindess, kindnes, kinndness, mindness. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "kindness" (pronounced kī"ndnus)
6	-ī" n d n u s	blindness.
5	-n d n u s	blandness, fondness, soundness.
4	-d n u s	awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, boldness, coldness, crookedness, farsightedness, goodness, handedness, hardness, indebtedness, madness, mindedness, nearsightedness, preparedness, redness, rudeness, sacredness, sadness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, spiritedness, tiredness, vividness, weirdness, wickedness, wildness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, bagginess, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, bleakness, bluntness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, happiness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, ruinous, ruthlessness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wilderness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-n-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: skinned.
	-2 letters: kissed, sinned, skeins.
	-3 letters: desks, dikes, dines, dinks, disks, inked, inned, kinds, kines, nides, nines, sends, sides, sikes, sines, sinks, skein, skids, skied, skies, skins, sneds, snide.
	-4 letters: deni, dens, desk, dies, dike, dine, dink, dins, disk, diss, ends, ides, inks, inns, kens, kids, kind, kine, kins, kiss, ness, nide, nine, seis.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-i-k-n-n-s-s"
	+2 letters: kindliness, kindnesses, unkindness.
	+4 letters: kindlinesses, unkindliness, unkindnesses.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 69 6E 64 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.- .. -. -.. -. . ... ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101001 01101110 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#105 &#110 &#100 &#110 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0069 006E 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4575807080718585

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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
kindness	108	words of kindness	4
kindness operation	107	random axe of kindness	3
random act of kindness	81	act foundation kindness random	3
kindness quote	27	fruit of the spirit kindness	3
act kindness	24	animal kindness	3
kindness poem	15	extrem kindness	3
random act of genealogical kindness	10	kindness loving meditation	3
loving kindness	9	kill kindness them	3
act kindness pic random	7	creative kindness	2
jealous kill kindness sound them	5	random act of kindness week	2
kindness of stranger	5	an angel kindness	2
story of kindness	5	kindness operation texas	2
conspiracy kindness	5	kindness lesson plan	2
dallas kindness operation	5	coloring kindness page	2
foundation human kindness	4	craft kindness	2
act genealogy kindness random	4	kindness lyrics	2
kindness thank	4	kindness little try	2
kindness picture	4	camp kindness	2
bible kindness	4	his kindness lordships	2
carrollton kindness operation	4	kindness poetry	2
animal hospital kindness	4	kindness symbol	2
kindness quotation	4
		kindness symbol	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Kindness

Definitions: Kindness

Kindness

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Kindness

Synonyms: Kindness

Synonyms within Context: Kindness

Benevolence

Endearment

Crosswords: Kindness

Modern Usage: Kindness

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Kindness

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Kindness

Computer Images:Kindness

Photo Album: Kindness

Familiar Quotations: Kindness

Author Unknown

Confucius

Henry David Thoreau

Joseph Joubert

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sophocles

William Shakespeare

Historic Usage: Kindness

John Locke

Use in Literature: Kindness

Emma

Austen, Jane

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Spoken Usage: Kindness

Dan Rather

Speeches: Kindness

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

Benjamin Harrison

George W. Bush

Usage Frequency: Kindness

Expressions: Kindness

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kindness

Modern Translations: Kindness

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Albanian

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Chinese

Czech

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

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Computer Images:
Kindness