Brutality and Kindness

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Brutality

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests
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Kindness is an antonym for brutality in cruel treatment topic.
Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Kindness

Kindness noun - Sympathetic concern for the well-being of others.
Usage example: with touching kindness, the couple offered the stranded tourists a place to stay for the night
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Brutality is an antonym for kindness.
Nearby Words: kind, kindly, kindliness
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How words are described

human human brutality human kindness
pure pure brutality pure kindness
natural natural brutality natural kindness
complete complete brutality complete kindness
Other adjectives: true, sheer, actual, great, little, repeated, greater.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Hunger Games has an initial premise that is dark enough (children forced to kill one another on national television), but for the first couple of books they're still plenty engaging, with human kindness even in the midst of brutality, and hopes of rebellion and change.
    Source: Darkness Induced Audience Apathy / Literature
  • Lawful Good Marge Gunderson from the Coen Brothers' Fargo, a By-the-Book Cop whose decency, courage, and kindness are contrasted vividly with the selfishness, greed, and brutality of the criminals she is pursuing.
    Source: Lawful Good
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