kindness
Warmth toward others
Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate toward others.
It implies warmth and a genuine concern for someone's wellbeing: She showed great kindness to the new employee.
A kindness is a kind act: He never forgot her many kindnesses.
The word suggests gentleness without expectation of reward.
Compassion toward offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
reprieve · absolution · tolerance · indulgence · forbearance · quarter · compassion · mitigation
Transferring to another
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
largesse · helpfulness · selflessness · altruism · sharing · open-handedness · bounty · liberality
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- caringShowing kind concern
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
mercy · grace · consideration · sensitivity · humaneness · solicitude · goodwill · patience
Moral excellence
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
nobility · honor · morality · uprightness · character · ethics · humanitarianism · saintliness
Warm emotional attachment
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
- cordialitySincere friendly warmth
- genialityWarmth of manner
hospitality · nurturing · embrace · comfort · fond · heartfelt · amicability · graciousness
Courteous, respectful conduct
- respectRegard with honor
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
- thoughtfulnessAttentive care for others
manners · tact · graciousness · decency · gentility · attentiveness · deference · chivalry
mercy
Compassion toward offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
amnesty · reprieve · absolution · tolerance · indulgence · forbearance · quarter · compassion · mitigation · commutation
giving
Transferring to another
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
magnanimity · largesse · helpfulness · selflessness · altruism · sharing · open-handedness · bounty · liberality · munificence
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- caringShowing kind concern
- understandingMental comprehension of something
tenderness · mercy · grace · consideration · sensitivity · humaneness · solicitude · goodwill · patience · gentleness
goodness
Moral excellence
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
righteousness · nobility · honor · morality · uprightness · character · ethics · humanitarianism · saintliness · virtuousness
affection
Warm emotional attachment
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
- cordialitySincere friendly warmth
geniality · hospitality · nurturing · embrace · comfort · fond · heartfelt · amicability · graciousness · neighborliness
politeness
Courteous, respectful conduct
- respectRegard with honor
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
thoughtfulness · manners · tact · graciousness · decency · gentility · attentiveness · deference · chivalry · gallantry
- hospitalityhotel, hotels, warmth, welcome, guest
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by
- Wholesome thingslove, family, friendship, honesty, laughter
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- -NESS wordsfullness, happiness, darkness, sadness, fitness
- abstract nounsbeauty, truth, justice, wisdom, courage
kindnesscruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
meanness · malice · malevolence · spite · unkindness
kindnesscoldness
Low temperature state
heartlessness · callousness · hard-heartedness · indifference · apathy
kindnesscruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
brutality · harshness · mercilessness · pitilessness · ruthlessness
- loving kindnessAffectionate goodwill toward others
- kill with kindnessHarm through excessive care
- killing with kindnessHarm through excessive benevolence
- cruel kindness
- killed with kindnessHarmed by excessive generosity
- human kindness