Hypertext Webster Gateway: "softness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.]
The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to {hardness},
and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
softness
n 1: the property of giving little resistance to pressure [ant: {hardness}]
2: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
[ant: {volume}]
3: a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is
not something permitted of good leaders"
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