a kind act

tendency to be kind and forgiving

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

The state or quality of being ready to do good to others; a helpful or gracious act.

The quality of being kind; a kind act.

Goodwill; benevolence.

Still, she could not bring herself to refuse an offer which seemed meant in kindness. – The Guests Of Hercules by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

In return for our kindness he has gone off, we can't say where. – The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

I shall never forget you, Twinkle answered, nor any part of all your kindness to us. – Policeman Bluejay by L. Frank Baum

And the kindness of the two dear people! – The Martian by George Du Maurier

How could you be wrong to do so great a kindness to a stranger as you have done to me? – Bred in the Bone by James Payn

" Thank you, sir, for your kindness. – St. Peter's Umbrella by Kálmán Mikszáth

" I have no right, George, to ask anything from your kindness as a cousin; but for your love's sake, your old love, which you cannot forget, I do ask you to save me from this. – The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

" No, no, Shoni," said the girl, " you are kind, indeed, and I will never forget your kindness; but I will go to Nance, on the island; she will take me in, I know." – By Berwen Banks by Allen Raine

It would be a kindness to go. – The Damned by Algernon Blackwood

Each hour of our stay was arranged with kindness. – A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

Tell me that you will, for my sake, for I should never forgive myself should you suffer through the kindness you did me. – The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

I shall never forget your great kindness. – Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by William Somerset Maugham

There is much kindness in the world still. – The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

Not kindness from everybody then. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

The most real kindness which could be shown to him was to leave him where he was. – Bunyan by James Anthony Froude

That was all Marilda's kindness. – The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte M. Yonge

Indeed, said Rachel, she is so warm and bright, and really earnest in her kindness, that she will be sure to see her own way right at home. – The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge

The people in the house where they lived, were as kind as they knew how to be; but how little they knew about kindness, and nothing about peace and quiet. – A Few Short Sketches by Douglass Sherley

I felt their kindness when the sorrow within me wouldn't let me tell them so. – The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope

Within a week, the tender graces, and kindness, and soft ways of the young girl, had made way in the heart of the old woman which you would have never suspected, and she afterwards could hardly bear her out of her sight. – Caught in a Trap by John C. Hutcheson