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
Ruthlessness is an antonym for kindness.
Ruthlessness
Ruthlessness noun - Feelings of extreme heartlessness.
Kindness is an antonym for ruthlessness in topics: brutality, bitterness, vindictiveness, cruelty, crudity.
Both words in one sentence
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Walker also turns evil, apparently without being shown kindness, and he shows much more ruthlessness than Brody.
Source: Series / Homeland - His overwhelming hatred of kindness, sheer ruthlessness, self-righteous attitude, and PATHETICALLY weak will make him the PERFECT host for HYDRA's true leader, the Inhuman entity known as Hive.
Source: Knight Templar / Live-Action TV - The copies eventually deduce that they aren't clones of the original siblings per se, but manifestations from Ender's mind: the personification of Ender's innocence and kindness in his sister, and of his ambition and ruthlessness in his brother.
Source: Cloning Blues
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