kind-heartedness

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English

Etymology

From kind-hearted +‎ -ness.

Noun

kind-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kindheartedness
    • 2012, Immanuel Kant, Allen W. Wood, Robert B. Louden, Lectures on Anthropology, →ISBN, pages 175–176:
      With such people, one is not secure in regard to owed duties; they hate owed duty, and prefer to do everything on their own” out of kind-heartedness and benevolence.