- tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
--1 is a kind of condition, status
--1 has particulars: tonicity, tonus, tone - tightness, tautness - lack of movement or room for movement
--2 is a kind of immovability, immovableness