act of kindness
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- noun
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acto de bondad
- What small act of kindness were you once shown that you will never forget?
- random acts of kindness
- simple act of kindness
- perform acts of kindness
You see some there's some great acts of kindness in prison where blokes help blokes.
- You see some there's some great acts of kindness in prison where blokes help blokes.
- Their swift acts of kindness saved lives.
- The attempt to divide us met countless acts of kindness that brought people closer together.
- Apartheid is not dealt with by acts of kindness on the part of the occupying power.
- So them doing it is an act of kindness to you and you need to reciprocate that.
- The ripple, The ripple of a small act of kindness.
- Incredible acts of kindness that you are completely unaware of because it wasn't in her nature to speak of them.
- Because to carry out an act of kindness in a war, especially when you reach out to the other who's demonized, is almost suicidal.
- The act of observing acts of kindness impact us physically.
Examples
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Fred Nedoff proved that simple acts of kindness could make lives better.
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We need more observation, more consideration of others' needs, and more conscious acts of kindness.
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I believed... that this one little act of kindness saved my life.
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If they happen to need our help, our act of kindness can have a great impact on them.
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Simple acts of kindness and love.
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Keep his spirit alive in your acts of kindness; only good things will come of it!
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Uh... thank you, madam, for your act of kindness.
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And perhaps, a single act of kindness daily does indeed mean we are angels too.
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And that one act of kindness from one person can change somebody's entire life.
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A recent study found that performing little acts of kindness can amp up your own happiness.
Synonyms
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1.0
An act of help done without expecting anything back
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1.0
Friendly and generous actions that help or comfort other people
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1.9
Polite actions or words that show respect for other people
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3.0
A kind action done to help someone
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6.1
Kind feelings and actions that help other people
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2.2
An act of kindness done to help someone
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Kind acts that help other people
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An action that shows care for someone
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8.1
A kind gift of money or help for people and groups
Antonyms
How Kind
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a generous or considerate action' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'act' (a single deed) with 'kindness' (the quality of being considerate); 'of' functions as a linking preposition without adding idiomatic meaning. This straightforward compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The noun act of kindness creates a simple picture: someone doing a small helpful deed, where the act is the single action and the kindness is the caring behind it. So, it means 'a generous or considerate action'.