tenderheartedness


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ten·der·heart·ed

 (tĕn′dər-här′tĭd)
adj.
Easily moved by another's distress; compassionate.
ten′der·heart′ed·ly adv.
ten′der·heart′ed·ness n.
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Noun1.tenderheartedness - warm compassionate feelings
tenderness
compassion, compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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There are episodes in most men's lives in which their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects that fill their inward vision: Lydgate's tenderheartedness was present just then only as a dread lest he should offend against it, not as an emotion that swayed him to tenderness.
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