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A Tact

  1. The sense of touch; feeling. [from 1650s]
  2. (music) The stroke in beating time.
  3. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]

Synonyms: sensitivity, consideration, diplomacy, tactfulness

  1. (slang) Clipping of tactic.
  2. (psychology) A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).