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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KINDLINESS, n. Affection; affectionate disposition; benignity.
1. Natural disposition.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition [syn: kindliness, helpfulness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being kindly 2. a kindly deed

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kindliness Kind"li*ness, n. 1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. --Sackville. 3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season. Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and kindliness of seasons. --Whitlock.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good-nature, good feeling, fellow-feeling. 2. Mildness, softness, gentleness.