considerateness

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This product of his exceptional courtesy and considerateness must have puzzled many people, taken in conjunction with his invariable avoidance of intercourse wherever that could be managed with politeness.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

In the mean time, sir, we must throw ourselves on the patience and considerateness of the city council and the community.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

With her usual considerateness and docility, Talbot obeyed; and although she did not sleep, she certainly obtained an amount of rest of which she stood in great need.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James

For one so often finds that acts specially showing delicacy and considerateness, little supererogatory works of kindness, are taken unkindly.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

You are expected to treat it with the considerateness due to its importance.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir