caring

adj, noun — 2 senses

caring

adj

UK /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · US /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/

Etymology From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.

1

Of a person Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.

She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

Derived terms: caringly, caringness, noncaring, uncaring, uncaringness

caring

noun

Etymology From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.

1

The act of one who cares.

As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings.1988, Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy, page 183:

Derived terms: childcaring, sandwich caring

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