Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

kindness

/ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ noun

Forms kindnesses kindenesse kindnesse

noun The state of being kind. “Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.”
noun An instance of kind or charitable behaviour. “How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?”

Synonyms

From Middle English kyndenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.

noun The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
noun A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.

Etymology [From Kind. a.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “kindness”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “kindness” (best matches first).