lovingness

as in kindness
attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility with a fierce lovingness she has maintained her family's cherished heirlooms for future generations

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Noun
  • See Robin Williams unusual approach when visiting Christopher Reeve in hospital 01:07 CNN — While a lot has been said about the friendship between Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve, the famed pair’s bond illustrates a very basic and instrumental type of kindness, according to Reeve’s daughter.
    Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the west and Altadena in the east will be irrevocably changed, but the propensity for kindness, for compassion speaks volumes of the interconnectivity of one of America’s largest cities.
    Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Among them: a culture that didn't like to hear safety concerns from lower-level engineers.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The neighbors’ concerns were taken seriously by the Planning Commission, which voted in August to deny the project, according to a county staff report.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kiehl’s skin care, Danish fashion brand Rains, Moleskine for writing instruments and accessories, and Malin + Goetz skin care are already operating stores in Runway 32.
    David Moin, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
  • For residents in cities like Pembroke Pines, Deerfield Beach or Boca Raton, the burst of development brings emergency care closer to home.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.
    Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Even the Scotland Residents page on Facebook, usually seething with vitriol directed toward neighbors and local officials alike, was full of solicitude and suggestions and offers of help.
    Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Lovingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lovingness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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