"I use the words metta and loving-kindness in the same way. Metta translates as
loving-kindness. This is not simply love, nor just kindness, nor is it only love
and kindness, it is kindness which has a quality of love and care about it. I
also call it "well-wishing": Unconditional well-wishing for the safety,
happiness, good health and comfort of any living being or beings, including
oneself."
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrn_metta.pdf
From: Metta Bhavana: Loving-kindness Meditation (pdf file)
By Ven Dhammarakkhita

With metta / Antony.