Wiktionary
handholding
a. 1 Holding hands. 2 (context by extension of a couple English) Deeply and ostentatiously in love. n. 1 The hold hands. 2 strong personal support or reassurance.
Usage examples of "handholding".
She had never been good at offering words of reassurance or doing the handholding routine.
He tries to ignore the handholding between Brede and Kadara and concentrate on hanging on to his gear.