Kindness and Sternness

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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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Sternness is an antonym for kindness.

Nearby Words: kind, kindly, kindliness

Sternness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).

Usage example: the company's new president has a reputation for granitelike sternness and monkish austerity

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Kindness is an antonym for sternness in severity topic.

Nearby Words: stern, sternly

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