[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster soft-shell
see also:
hardness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"
see also:
hardness volume 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

194 moby thesaurus words for "softness":
   acceptance, adynamia, airiness, anemia, ascent, atony,
   blah feeling, bloodlessness, bubbliness, buoyancy, cachexia,
   cachexy, carelessness, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness,
   clemency, clementness, commodiousness, compassion, convenience,
   cowardice, cowardliness, coziness, cullibility, cushioniness,
   daintiness, debilitation, debility, deceivability, decrescendo,
   delicacy, dimness, doughiness, down, downiness, dullness,
   dupability, easiness, easygoingness, ethereality, etiolation,
   faintheart, faintheartedness, faintness, fatigue, fear,
   feeblemindedness, feebleness, filminess, fine-grainedness,
   fineness, flabbiness, flaccidity, flatness, fleshiness,
   floatability, fluff, fluffiness, foaminess, fondness, forbearance,
   forbearing, forcelessness, friendliness, frothiness, fuzz,
   fuzziness, gentleness, gossameriness, greenness, gullibility,
   henheartedness, hoaxability, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness,
   hospitality, humaneness, humanity, impotence, impotency,
   imprecision, impuissance, indifference, indistinctness, infirmity,
   ingenuousness, lack of weight, languishment, languor, lassitude,
   laxity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity,
   levitation, levity, lightness, lily-liveredness, listlessness,
   looseness, loosening, lowness, luxuriousness, mashiness,
   mercifulness, mercy, mildness, milksopism, milksoppiness,
   milksoppishness, moderateness, mushiness, naiveness, naivete,
   naivety, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pastel,
   pastel color, pastiness, patience, peace, peacefulness, peach fuzz,
   permissiveness, persuadability, pigeonheartedness, pithiness, pity,
   power vacuum, powerlessness, prostration, pubescence, pulpiness,
   pulpousness, refinement, relaxation, relaxedness, remissness,
   reposefulness, restfulness, roominess, satin, satininess,
   seduceability, silk, silkiness, simpleness, simplicity, slackness,
   sloppiness, sluggishness, smoothness, snugness, soft color,
   softheartedness, sponginess, squashiness, strengthlessness,
   subaudibility, subduedness, subtle color, succulence,
   tender feeling, tenderheartedness, tenderness, timidity, timidness,
   timorousness, tolerance, unclearness, unheaviness, unmanfulness,
   unmanliness, unrestraint, unsophistication, velvet, velvetiness,
   volatility, warm heart, warmheartedness, warmness, weak-mindedness,
   weakheartedness, weakliness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness,
   yeastiness, yellowness

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