kindness

noun

1 he thanked her for her kindness and support:

kindliness, kind-heartedness, warm-heartedness, tender-heartedness, goodwill, affectionateness, affection, warmth, gentleness, tenderness, concern, care;

consideration, considerateness, helpfulness, thoughtfulness, unselfishness, selflessness, altruism, compassion, sympathy, understanding, big-heartedness, benevolence, benignity, friendliness, neighbourliness, hospitality, amiability, courteousness, public-spiritedness;

generosity, magnanimity, indulgence, patience, tolerance, charitableness, graciousness, lenience, humaneness, mercifulness;

British, informal decency;

literary bounteousness.

▷antonyms unkindness, meanness.

2 she has done us many a kindness:

kind act, good deed, act of kindness, good turn, favour, act of assistance, service, help, aid.

▷antonyms disservice.

kindness Oxford Dictionary of English