Of or relating to tender acts.
Compassion, warmth, affection, gentleness.
Opposite of cruelty,
violence, sadism, callousness, cynicism,
bitterness.
"If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R-rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X-rating. Why is violence more
acceptable than tenderness?"
-Sally
StruthersAdam stroked Kevin's hair, holding him with infinite tenderness while Kevin sobbed from a horrible day.
Ellie's rigid
expression melted into tenderness as she saw her daughter running toward her.