softheartedness

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soft·heart·ed

(sôft′här′tĭd, sŏft′-)

adj.

Easily moved; tender.

soft′heart′ed·ly adv.

soft′heart′ed·ness n.

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Noun

softheartedness - a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

tenderness

concern - a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

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Tamoszius made good wages; and little by little the family were paying back their debt to Marija, so she ought soon to have enough to start life upon--only, with her preposterous softheartedness, she would insist upon spending a good part of her money every week for things which she saw they needed.

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They've been enabled-by an astounding forgetfulness, a sentimental softheartedness, an inability to be angry for long and to demand justice for wrongs done.

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There are few jobs similar to nursing in which technicality and softheartedness intersect.