- [uncountable] the quality of being kind
- to treat somebody with kindness and consideration
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1- They had shown him great kindness.
- I'll never forget your kindness to me.
- She has always been kindness itself to me.
- Show your appreciation by little acts of kindness.
- They volunteer out of the kindness of their hearts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- loving
- simple
- …
- show somebody
- treat somebody with
- meet with
- …
- out of kindness
- kindness to
- kindness towards/toward
- …
- an act of kindness
- kindness itself
- out of the kindness of your heart
- …
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- [countable] a kind act
- I can never repay your many kindnesses to me.
- Small kindnesses meant a lot to her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- loving
- simple
- …
- show somebody
- treat somebody with
- meet with
- …
- out of kindness
- kindness to
- kindness towards/toward
- …
- an act of kindness
- kindness itself
- out of the kindness of your heart
- …
Idioms
See kindness in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarykill somebody/something with kindness
- to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them
the milk of human kindness
- (literary) kind behaviour, considered to be natural to humans
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