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lovingkindness

noun /lʌ.vɪŋˈkʌɪnd.nɪs/

  1. Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.

    uncountable

    But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that hee vnderſtandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exerciſe louing kindneſſe, iudgement, and righteouſneſſe in the earth: for in these things I delight, ſaith the Lord.

Where it comes from

From loving + kindness. The word arises in the King James Version of the Bible as a translation of Hebrew חסד (ḥeseḏ, “grace, kindness, love; chesed”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lovingkindness (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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