noun 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 and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.
noun Propriety; manners (etiquette).
noun The sense of touch; feeling.
noun The stroke in beating time.
noun 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).