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Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending.

A touching; touch.

The sense of touch.

Mental perception; especially, fine perception; intuitive sense of what is true, right, or proper; fineness of discernment as to action or conduct, especially a fine sense of how to avoid giving offense; ability to do or say what is best for the intended effect; adroitness; cleverness; address.

In music, a beat or pulse; especially, the emphatic down-beat with which a measure begins; hence, also, a measure.

The sense of touch; feeling.

The stroke in beating time.

Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.

The sense of touch; feeling.

The stroke in beating time.