Found 2 items, similar to tact.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tact tact n : consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence [syn: tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tact Tact \Tact\, n. [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.] 1. The sense of touch; feeling. [1913 Webster] Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight? --Southey. [1913 Webster] Now, sight is a very refined tact. --J. Le Conte. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time. [1913 Webster] 3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances. [1913 Webster] He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]