Tact

Definition of Tact

n.1.The sense of touch; feeling.
Now, sight is a very refined tact.
- J. Le Conte.
2.(Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
3.Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
- Macaulay.

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