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English
Etymology
From Middle English kindenesse kind -ness
Pronunciation
Noun
kindness (countable and uncountable plural kindnesses
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.
i'm going to turn a blind eye to this misdemeanour, out of the kindness of my heart.
1911 The Golden Bough , volume 8, page 232 :They are grateful for kindnesses that they may have received.
Derived terms
Translations
being kind
Arabic: إِحْسَان (ar) m ( ʔiḥsān )
Aromanian: bunãtati f
Belarusian: дабрата́ f ( dabratá )
Catalan: bondat (ca) f cortesia (ca) f gentilesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恩惠 (zh) ( ēnhuì )
Cornish: kuvder m
Czech: laskavost (cs) f
Danish: venlighed (da) , velvilje imødekommenhed elskværdighed godhed
Esperanto: amindeco
Finnish: kiltteys (fi) , ystävällisyys (fi)
French: bonté (fr) f Old French: dolçor
Friulian: dolçôr m bontât f
Galician: bondade (gl) f amabilidade (gl) f
Georgian: სიკეთე ( siḳete ) , გულკეთილობა ( gulḳetiloba )
German: Liebenswürdigkeit (de) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 f ( sēlei )
Greek: καλοσύνη (el) f ( kalosýni )
Ancient: εὐμένεια f ( euméneia )
Hindi: दया (hi) ( dayā ) , मेहरबानी (hi) f ( meharbānī ) , दयालुता (hi) f ( dayālutā )
Hungarian: kedvesség (hu)
Italian: bontà (it) , gentilezza (it) , cortesia (it) f garbo (it) m
Japanese: 親切 (ja) ( しんせつ, shinsetsu ) , 優しさ (ja) ( やさしさ, yasashisa )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 친절 (ko) ( chinjeol )
Latin: bonitas f caritas f
Malayalam: ദയ (ml) ( daya ) , ഐന്തൽ (ml) ( aintal ) , അനുകമ്പ (ml) ( anukampa )
Manx: foayr m
Maori: tauwhirotanga
Marathi: दया f ( dayā )
Marshallese: jouj
Middle English: kindenesse benignite
Polish: życzliwość (pl) f dobroć (pl) f łaskawość (pl) f benewolencja f ( archaic ) , przychylność (pl) f
Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f
Romanian: bunătate (ro) , amabilitate (ro) f bunăvoință (ro) f
Russian: доброта́ (ru) f ( dobrotá ) , любе́зность (ru) f ( ljubéznostʹ ) , доброжела́тельность (ru) f ( dobroželátelʹnostʹ )
Sanskrit: कृपा (sa) f ( kṛpā ) , दया (sa) ( dayā )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љубазност доброта човекољубље
Roman: ljubaznost (sh) , dobrota (sh) , milosrđe (sh) , čovekoljublje
Slovak: láskavosť f
Spanish: amabilidad (es) f bondad (es) f
Tagalog: buti
Tamil: அன்பு (ta) ( aṉpu )
Telugu: దయ (te) ( daya )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: incelik (tr) , kibarlık (tr) , naziklik (tr)
Ukrainian: доброта́ f ( dobrotá )
Vietnamese: lòng tốt
Welsh: caredigrwydd (cy) m
Zulu: umusa (zu)
instance of charitable behavior
Catalan: bondat (ca) f
Czech: laskavost (cs) f
Danish: venlighed (da) , tjeneste (da)
Dutch: vriendelijkheid (nl) f aardigheid (nl) f
Finnish: palvelus (fi)
Galician: favor m
Georgian: სიკეთე ( siḳete ) , გულკეთილობა ( gulḳetiloba )
Greek: καλοσύνη (el) f ( kalosýni )
Italian: bontà (it) , favore (it) , piacere (it) , gentilezza (it) f
Latin: venia f
Malayalam: ദയവ് ( dayavŭ ) ,
Middle English: kindenesse benignite
Portuguese: caridade (pt)
Russian: доброта́ (ru) f ( dobrotá )
Sanskrit: राधस् (sa) n ( rādhas )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: милосрђе доброта
Roman: milosrdje dobrota (sh)
Telugu: దయ (te) ( daya )
Turkish: incelik (tr) , kibarlık (tr)
Welsh: caredigrwydd (cy) m