/ tækt; NAmE / noun
[ U ] the ability to deal with difficult or embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people
SYN sensitivity :
Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy.
She is not exactly known for her tact.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (denoting the sense of touch): via French from Latin tactus touch, sense of touch, from tangere to touch.