kindness
/ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ noun B1- The state of being kind. · Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.
- An instance of kind or charitable behaviour. · How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?· Do me a kindness and leave.
Plural kindnesses
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The news spread quickly through Avonlea, and all day friends and neighbors thronged Green Gables and came and went on errands of kindness for the dead and living.
Long and her nieces must stand their chance; and, therefore, as she will think it an act of kindness, if you decline the office, I will take it on myself.”
“I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me either, for that matter.
By Jane this attention was received with the greatest pleasure; but Elizabeth still saw superciliousness in their treatment of everybody, hardly excepting even her sister, and could not like them; though their kindness to Jane, such as it was, had a value, as arising, in all probability, from the influence of their brother’s admiration.
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