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n. - A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless); A positive feeling of liking; Warm compassionate feelings; A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched).

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  • The best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
  • I very well understand what you call tenderness, madam; but in some situations, pity -- pity -- is the greatest insult.
  • I never, my dear girl, knew happiness till now; my tenderness is absolutely a species of idolatry; you cannot think what a slave this lovely girl has made me.
  • Tess and her mother, the Ungers, and other friends heard him speak to the college graduates about the word tenderness as it is enacted in Chekhov’s novella Ward No. 6.
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