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lovingkindness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /lʌ.vɪŋˈkʌɪnd.nɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-nəs/
  • General-American: /ˌlə.vɪŋˈkaɪn(d).nɪs/
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noun

Meaning 1

Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From loving + kindness. The word arises in the King James Version of the Bible as a translation of Hebrew חסד (ḥeseḏ, “grace, kindness, love; chesed”).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 慈愛 /慈爱 (ci4 oi3) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 慈愛 /慈爱 (cí'ài) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Dutch: goedertierenheid — kindness which is based upon love
  • German: Gnade — kindness which is based upon love
  • German: Barmherzigkeit — kindness which is based upon love
  • German: Güte — kindness which is based upon love
  • Hebrew: חסד (khésed) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Hungarian: szerető kedvesség — kindness which is based upon love
  • Hungarian: metta — kindness which is based upon love
  • Latin: misericordia — kindness which is based upon love
  • Pali: mettā — kindness which is based upon love
  • Polish: miłująca dobroć — kindness which is based upon love
  • Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས (byang chub sems) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Tibetan: བྱམས་སྙིང་རྗེ (byams snying rje) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Tibetan: བྱམས་སེམས (byams sems) — kindness which is based upon love
  • Tibetan: ཐུགས་བརྩེ — kindness which is based upon love
  • Tibetan: བྱམས་གདུང (byams gdung) — kindness which is based upon love