The process of becoming soft or tender; the quality of softening or mollifying.
From Latin 'emollescere' (to grow soft), from 'e-' (thoroughly) and 'mollis' (soft). This rare word describes the act or state of becoming softened.
This word is so beautifully specific—while we say 'soften,' 'emollescence' captures the gradual, continuous process of something becoming tender, like how heat gradually emollifies chocolate.
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