tenderness
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tenderness (plural tendernesses)
- a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
- When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
- concern for the feelings or welfare of others
- When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
- He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
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a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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concern for the feelings or welfare of others
pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
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