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as in kindness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
through the kindheartedness of a local veterinarian, the stray cat's broken leg was mended without charge
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as in sympathy
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
her natural kindheartedness is one reason why she's thinking about becoming a medical missionary
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See Robin Williams unusual approach when visiting Christopher Reeve in hospital 01:07 CNN — While a lot has been said about the friendship between Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve, the famed pair’s bond illustrates a very basic and instrumental type of kindness, according to Reeve’s daughter.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025 -
The Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the west and Altadena in the east will be irrevocably changed, but the propensity for kindness, for compassion speaks volumes of the interconnectivity of one of America’s largest cities.—
Kate Lavelle,
Glamour,
31 Jan. 2025
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If your sympathy is divided, that’s because with Smith, every either/or is complicated by a both/and.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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Mahler-Werfel admired Gropius’s architectural talent but had little sympathy for the hyper-objectivity of the emergent Bauhaus movement.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Gout and Inflammatory Arthritis Gout is a different type of arthritis that causes joint swelling, pain, and tenderness.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kono-Abdy and Grey also shine, infusing their caring supporting roles with wit and tenderness.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Our mission is to document truthfully, fairly and with compassion.—
The Pham,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2025
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Maybe that is down to the latter’s hyper-inflated ecosystem, its player sales that feel laughably untethered from real life or just an unspoken exhaustion with things like compassion and not treating people like cash cows.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Kindheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindheartedness. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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