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1. A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
    
2. A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
   "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness";
   - soreness, rawness
    
3. Warm compassionate feelings
   - tenderheartedness
    
4. A positive feeling of liking
   "he had trouble expressing the tenderness he felt";
   - affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
    
5. A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
   - softheartedness

Sounds like: teenier, tenia, terness, ten

Type of: affectionateness, compassion, compassionateness, concern, feeling, fondness, hurting, lovingness, pain, warmth

Encyclopedia: Tenderness