Kindness and Mistreatment

Opposite meaning words

Kindness noun - An act of kind assistance.

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Mistreatment is an antonym for kindness.

Nearby Words: kind, kindly, kindliness

Mistreatment noun - The practice of treating (someone or something) badly.

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Kindness is an antonym for mistreatment in abuse topic.

Nearby Words: mistreat, mistreated, mistreating

human	human kindness	human mistreatment
initial	initial kindness	initial mistreatment
constant	constant kindness	constant mistreatment
personal	personal kindness	personal mistreatment
Other adjectives: repeated, general, apparent, perceived, earlier.

Her fears are vindicated in Order of the Phoenix, as it is revealed that Kreacher's mistreatment indirectly led to Sirius' death since house elves expect to be treated like crap and are thus fanatically loyal to anyone that shows them even a sliver of kindness.

Source: Soap Box Sadie
In some instances she has superior physical beauty and this is the reason for her mistreatment; in others she is ordinary-looking or even plain but glowing with kindness, and it's the beauty of her personality that wins the prince.

Source: Literature / Cinderella

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