Kindness and Wantonness

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Kindness noun - An act of kind assistance.

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Wantonness is an antonym for kindness.

Nearby Words: kind, kindly, kindliness

Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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Kindness is an antonym for wantonness.

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Wantonness and Kindness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kindness/wantonness

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