Robert SoutheyDid you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
J. Le ConteNow, sight is a very refined tact.
(music) 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.
Thomas Babington MacaulayHe 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.
Thomas Babington MacaulayA tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
The ability to deal with embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people; careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense; the ability to say the right thing.By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
(psychology) A verbaloperant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific socialreinforcement (praise).
