# kindness

Pronunciation: say "KYND-nuhs" /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/

## Noun

1. The quality of being friendly, caring and considerate toward other people.
   - Simple: The quality of being nice, caring and helpful to other people.
   - _Patients often remember a nurse's kindness long after they have forgotten the doctor's name._
   - _He answered even his harshest critics with patience and kindness._
2. A particular act of kind or generous behavior toward someone, such as a favor done for them.
   - Simple: A nice or helpful thing that you do for another person.
   - _It would be a kindness to tell him the truth before he hears it from someone else._
   - _The family thanked the hospital staff for countless kindnesses during her long stay._

## Origin

From Middle English kindenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kindness (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).