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Definition of kindness noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

      

    kindness

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈkaɪndnəs//
     
     
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  1. 1[uncountable] the quality of being kind to treat someone with kindness and consideration
  2. 2[countable] a kind act I can never repay your many kindnesses to me.
    3. Idioms
    kill somebody/something with kindness
     
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    to be so kind to someone or something that you in fact harm them
    the milk of human kindness (literary)
     
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    kind behavior, considered to be natural to humans
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