kindness
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Synonyms for kindness
Synonyms
benevolence, boon, courtesy, favor, grace, indulgence, mercy, service, turn
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An act of kindness brings a jilted architect the unwanted friendship of an unbalanced cable-TV installer. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 Are multi-page letters, memorials, long phone calls and Nordstrom gift cards acts of kindness? — Mary Stanik, Twin Cities, "Mary Stanik: What seems kind, or not, from inside the shadow of grief," 30 Aug. 2019 Through thick and thin your heart was a lighthouse of kindness. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, "Singer/Guitarist Neal Casal Dies at 50," 27 Aug. 2019 Through thick and thin your heart was a lighthouse of kindness. — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, "Neal Casal, a former guitarist for The Cardinals who played with Willie Nelson, dies at 50," 27 Aug. 2019 Even private, spontaneous gestures of kindness must be squelched. — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, "One for All," 26 Aug. 2019 Just as Baltimore let out a collective yawn for the final days of a dismal Orioles season, an act of kindness caught on camera has stolen the hearts of thousands. — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, "Orioles fans captured on camera give beleaguered city something to smile about," 24 Aug. 2019 Sixty random acts of kindness leading up to the big day? — Redbook, "I'm Struggling with Turning 60. Here's What I'm Doing to Combat That," 22 Aug. 2019 For Wooldridge, the act of kindness brings back fond memories of her father, who had Alzheimer's. — CBS News, ""It's doing something good": Two women brighten lives of seniors with memory loss," 15 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kindness.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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