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as in tenderness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
with touching kindness, the couple offered the stranded tourists a place to stay for the night
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as in sympathy
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
out of the kindness of your heart, would you at least consider adopting this stray cat?
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as in courtesy
an act of kind assistance
what a kindness to allow us to use your car for the funeral
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Recent Examples of kindness
There’s tension between your respective needs: your need for comfort, for the trust and safety that stem from sharing basic values related to kindness and respect (or perhaps just for an uninterrupted dinner conversation).
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
All the while showing a deep sense of compassion and kindness for each other.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
But what started as an act of kindness allegedly ended in a brutal yet unsuccessful carjacking in the Ward Parkway Center, located at 8600 Ward Parkway.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Your graciousness and kindness is appreciated by our entire restaurant team.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2025
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
All the while showing a deep sense of compassion and kindness for each other.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
But what started as an act of kindness allegedly ended in a brutal yet unsuccessful carjacking in the Ward Parkway Center, located at 8600 Ward Parkway.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Your graciousness and kindness is appreciated by our entire restaurant team.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindness
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Both sobering and dreamlike, with moments of genuine tenderness, her film bears witness to cycles of trauma and creates a devastating indictment of historical patriarchal abuse.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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But there’s a tenderness to him, too, which comes through later, when it’s revealed that Luke’s a single dad with a sensitive side.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Filming largely from David’s perspective, and augmenting the action with cultural politics, Lee seems fully in sympathy with the protagonist’s viewpoint.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Linda obviously wasn’t offended by the popular entertainer’s lack of sympathy and had apparently forgiven him.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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Alba’s look came courtesy of the eponymous designer’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection, which debuted as part of Paris Fashion Week in June.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
11 Aug. 2025
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In exchange, the ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 offers quasi-tablet functionality courtesy of a screen that rotates 360 degrees.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
10 Aug. 2025
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But every actor, from Stephen Graham on down, had to bring a certain level of fearlessness and generosity of spirit to the project, and Baig was looking for those qualities as much as for the right faces to embody a community in the North of England.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
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Despite the cloud hanging over his head, Colvin continues to promote a narrative of success and generosity.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Zoo officials said the 160-pound gorilla, who had received training on how to be a good mother, appeared to act out of maternal compassion for the human child.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Amid a series of alarming tweets in 2020, Kardashian spoke out about West's health, asking for compassion.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Geneva, meanwhile, radiates diplomacy and cosmopolitan grace—its lakeside promenades framed by swans and sailboats, and the Jet d’Eau rising like a silver plume.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Or the grace, humor and gratitude from the before times?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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There are people who have really their heart in the right place.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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By the time the credits rolled my heart was ragged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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In other words, a school district could be at the mercy of a single extreme individual.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Turning the contours of Maryland’s eight congressional districts over to the whims of state legislators in Alabama, Idaho or Utah is putting the sanctity of the votes cast by hard-working Marylanders at the mercy of politicians no registered voter in Maryland has ever heard of.—
Kevin Igoe,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Kindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindness. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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