kindness

English

Etymology

From kind +‎ -ness

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Noun

kindness (countable and uncountable; plural kindnesses)

1. The state of being kind.
2. An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.

Translations

being kind

Catalan: bondat (ca) f., cortesia (ca) f., gentilesa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 恩惠 (cmn) (ēnhuì) Czech: laskavost (cs) f. Danish: venlighed, velvilje, imødekommenhed, elskværdighed, godhed Finnish: kiltteys French: bonté (fr) f. German: Liebenswürdigkeit (de) f. Italian: bontà (it), gentilezza (it), cortesia (it) f., garbo (it) m. Japanese: 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 優しさ (ja) (やさしさ, yasashisa)

Latin: bonitas (la) Old English: milts (ang) Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f. Romanian: bunătate (ro) Russian: доброта (ru) (dobrotá) f. Serbian: ljubaznost dobrota, milosrđe, čovekoljublje Spanish: bondad (es) f. Telugu: దయ (te) (daya) Zulu: umusa (zu)

instance of charitable behavior

Catalan: bondat (ca) f. Czech: laskavost (cs) f. Danish: venlighed, tjeneste Dutch: vriendelijkheid (nl) f., aardigheid (nl) f. Italian: bontà (it), favore (it), piacere (it), gentilezza (it) f.

Old English: milts (ang) Portuguese: caridade (pt) Russian: доброта (ru) (dobrotá) f. Serbian: milosrdje, dobrota Telugu: దయ (te) (daya)

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