tenderness

Tenderness is gentleness, or is feelings of warmth and affection for someone or something, or is a soreness, or is the quality of being able to be easy to cut or chew.

(noun)

  1. When a mother gently caresses her baby's cheek, this is an example of tenderness.
  2. The warm and loving feelings that you feel towards your significant other are an example of tenderness.
  3. When your ankle hurts a bit because you have twisted it, this is an example of tenderness.
  4. When steak that you are eating is easy to cut and chew, this is an example of tenderness.

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