tenderness
noun/ˈtendənəs/
/ˈtendərnəs/
[uncountable]- the quality of being kind, gentle and loving
- She always treated him with tenderness and compassion.
- the quality in food of being easy to bite through and cut
- The meat had been slow-cooked to incredible tenderness.
- the fact of a part of the body being painful when you touch it synonym soreness (1)
- The patient complained of pain and tenderness in the chest.
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