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

Synonyms:

discomfort, mettle, essence, adhesion, nub, pith, adherence, lovingness, incompleteness, partiality, affectionateness, pump, core, kernel, gist, warmness, substance, courtesy, meat, heart, watchfulness, consideration, heart and soul, spunk, irritation, rawness, sum, middle, philia, nerve, inclination, center, eye, ticker, union, warmheartedness, care, tenderheartedness, esteem, centre, fancy, estimation, bosom, soreness, softheartedness, nitty-gritty, marrow, inexperience, inwardness, spirit

devotion, passion, amorousness, fondness, faithfulness, love, desire, attachment, liking, adoration, intimacy, friendliness, infatuation, affection, worship, romance, kinship, sentimentality, idolization, crush, communion, oneness, endearment

regard, friendship, respect, sentiment, warmth, feeling

geniality, moderation, easiness, benevolence, liberalness, acceptance, gentleness, mildness, open-mindedness, insipidity, meekness, permissiveness, laxity, kindness, libertarianism, charity, latitude, lenience, tolerance, peaceableness, amiability, forbearance, benignity, liberality, moderateness, softness, cordiality, broad-mindedness, sweetness, quietness, evenness, liberty, clemency

humaneness, leniency, compassion, commiseration, mercy, sympathy, pity

schmaltz, mushiness, sensitivity, sloppiness, mawkishness, sappiness, lovesickness, fancifulness

Usage examples:

• Then the soldier arranged his pillow with a mother's tenderness, gave him his medicine, and kissed him on the forehead. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• We, of course, have wonderfully improved, and yet I have a tenderness for the old meeting- house. - "The Religious Life of London", J. Ewing Ritchie.
• This sounded sincere, but it was unthinkable that she should feel any tenderness for the man, and he must be made to understand. - "For the Allinson Honor", Harold Bindloss.