tenderheartedness

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Greer’s task is to ground the absurdity in tenderheartedness without being cute or cloying.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Authorities in court papers say Mohammad exposed Young’s radical inclinations, not his tenderheartedness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

General Victor Kazantsev blamed his troops' "tenderheartedness" and "groundless trust" in Chechen civilians.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Krueger, this solicitude has nothing to do with tenderheartedness; it is sound military practice.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems to me from my personal experience that there is kindness everywhere in different proportions, and more goodness and tenderheartedness than we read of in the moralists.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert