# milk of human kindness

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Compassion shown to other people.

## Etymology
First used by Shakespeare in Macbeth (see quotations).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/milk-of-human-kindness