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.