Kindness

Kind"ness (?), n. [From Kind. a.] 1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.
Shak.

Unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.
Wordsworth.

2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.

Syn. -- Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness; generosity; beneficence; favor.