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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

Syn. – Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.

Noun.

The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; brittleness; as the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh.

The state of being easily hurt; soreness; as the tenderness of flesh when bruised or inflamed.

Susceptibility of the softer passions; sensibility.

Well we know your tenderness of heart.

Kind attention; anxiety for the good of another, or to save him from pain.

Scrupulousness; caution; extreme care or concern not to give or to commit offense; as tenderness of conscience.

Cautious care to preserve or not to injure; as a tenderness of reputation.

Softness of expression; pathos.