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单词 kindness
释义 kind·ness
\ˈkīnnə̇s also -ndnə̇s\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English kindenesse, from kinde, kind + -nesse -ness
1. : an act or instance of being kind : favor
 < a well-established lawyer did a great kindness in taking into his office this young man — Ruth P. Randall >
2.
 a. : the quality or state of being kind : sympathy, clemency
  < man's supreme manifestation of the spirit is kindness — Albert Schweitzer >
  < cooler air … enwrapped him in its kindness — Joseph Whitehill >
 b. archaic : a feeling of fondness : affection, love
  < a lady for whom he had once entertained a sneaking kindness — Washington Irving >
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