Kindness
What it means
Care for another person expressed through considerate choices or help.
Reach for it when naming a humane quality or an act that eases a burden
One quiet kindness gave the new student a place to belong.
Words to choose between 8
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| warm |
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everyday
Fits when time or opportunity is freely given
Careful Generosity is wrong when kindness took the form of restraint.
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warm
Fits when care is prompted by another's suffering
Careful Compassion may not yet have become an act.
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warm
Fits when friendly affection is what the recipient feels
Careful Warmth may provide no concrete help.
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professional
Fits when the action accounts for effects on others
Careful Consideration can be planned without emotional warmth.
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professional
Fits when a cooperative attitude is being named
Careful Goodwill is intention; kindness usually appears in behavior.
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formal
Fits when sustained goodwill supports people or a cause
Careful The term creates distance around a small personal act.
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formal
Fits when respectful manners make interaction easier
Careful Courtesy can be conventional without deeper concern.
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literary
Fits when someone with power chooses not to punish
Careful Mercy assumes fault or unequal power that many kind acts lack.
Opposites 3
- cruelty
- selfishness
- indifference
Common phrases 3
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act of kindness
A small act of kindness brought hot tea to every night-shift worker.
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kindness toward others
Her kindness toward others remained steady when the schedule tightened.
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show kindness
The captain chose to show kindness without overlooking the broken rule.
Word family 2
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated