kindness
/ˈkaɪnd.nəs/
kindness noun: the state of being kind.
Noun
kindness (usually uncountable, plural kindnesses)
- The state of being kind.
- Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.
- If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said.2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN
- An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
- How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?
- Do me a kindness and leave.
kindness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kindness in Hindi
- being kind
- दया dayā, दयालुता dayālutā
- instance of charitable behavior
- दया dayā
kindness in Tamil
- being kind
- அன்பு aṉpu
kindness in Marathi
- being kind
- दया dayā
kindness in Urdu
- kindness, mercy
- مہر mehar
- kindness
- نوازش navāziś, کرم karam, احسان ihsān, شفقت śafqat
- kindness, favour
- لطف lut̤f
- kindness, grace )
- لطیفہ latīfa
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- kindness in Bengali
- মেহেরবানি meherbani, এহসান ehsan
- kindness in Telugu
- దయ daya
- kindness in Malayalam
- ദയ daya, ഐന്തൽ aintal, അനുകമ്പ anukampa, ദയവ് dayavŭ
- kindness in Kannada
- ಕನಿ, ದಯೆ, ಕರುಣೆ, ಕೃಪೆ
- kindness in Punjabi
- ਮਿਹਰ mihar
- kindness in Gujarati
- મહેરબાની maherbānī, મિહર mihar, કરમ karam
- kindness in Odia
- ପ୍ରେମ prema
- kindness in Sanskrit
- कृपा kṛpā, दया dayā, राधस् rādhas
- kindness in Nepali
- दयालुता
- kindness in Tagalog
- buti
- kindness in Arabic
- إِحْسَان ʔiḥsān
- kindness in Vietnamese
- lòng tốt
Examples of kindness in a sentence
- i'm going to turn a blind eye to this misdemeanour, out of the kindness of my heart.
- They are grateful for kindnesses that they may have received.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 232:
Forms of kindness
| plural | kindnesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | kindenesse |
| alternative form (obsolete) | kindnesse |
Origin of kindness
From Middle English kyndenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.
Words formed from kindness
Phrases with kindness
Words that rhyme with kindness
Questions about kindness
- What does kindness mean?
- Kindness means the state of being kind.
- What is kindness in Hindi?
- Kindness in Hindi is दया (dayā), दयालुता (dayālutā). See Kindness meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kindness in a sentence?
- i'm going to turn a blind eye to this misdemeanour, out of the kindness of my heart.
- What part of speech is kindness?
- Kindness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kindness?
- Kindness is pronounced /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/.
- What is the plural of kindness?
- The plural of kindness is kindnesses.
Words near kindness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kindness (page history and authors); احسان (Urdu) (page history and authors); এহসান (Bengali) (page history and authors); kindness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਿਹਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કરમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରେମ (Odia) (page history and authors); kindness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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