softness (n.)
- acceptance
- adynamia
- airiness
- anemia
- ascent
- atony
- bubbliness
- buoyancy
- cachexia
- cachexy
- carelessness
- clemency
- clementness
- commodiousness
- compassion
- convenience
- cowardice
- cowardliness
- coziness
- daintiness
- debilitation
- debility
- decrescendo
- delicacy
- dimness
- down
- downiness
- dullness
- easiness
- easygoingness
- etiolation
- faintheartedness
- faintness
- fatigue
- fear
- feeblemindedness
- feebleness
- fineness
- flabbiness
- flaccidity
- flatness
- fleshiness
- fluff
- fluffiness
- foaminess
- fondness
- forbearance
- friendliness
- frothiness
- fuzz
- fuzziness
- gentleness
- greenness
- gullibility
- homeliness
- hospitality
- humaneness
- humanity
- impotence
- impotency
- imprecision
- impuissance
- indifference
- indistinctness
- infirmity
- ingenuousness
- languor
- lassitude
- laxity
- laxness
- lenience
- leniency
- lenity
- levitation
- levity
- lightness
- listlessness
- looseness
- loosening
- lowness
- luxuriousness
- mercifulness
- mercy
- mildness
- moderateness
- mushiness
- naiveness
- naivete
- naivety
- negligence
- overindulgence
- pastel
- patience
- peace
- peacefulness
- permissiveness
- pithiness
- pity
- powerlessness
- prostration
- pubescence
- pulpiness
- refinement
- relaxation
- remissness
- restfulness
- roominess
- satin
- silk
- silkiness
- simpleness
- simplicity
- slackness
- sloppiness
- sluggishness
- smoothness
- snugness
- softheartedness
- sponginess
- subduedness
- succulence
- tenderheartedness
- tenderness
- timidity
- timidness
- timorousness
- tolerance
- unclearness
- unmanliness
- unrestraint
- velvet
- volatility
- warmheartedness
- warmness
- weakness
- weariness
- weightlessness
- yellowness
Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story.
Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
For contemplation he and valour form'd,
For softness she and sweet attractive grace;
He for God only, she for God in him.
His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
