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Definition of tact noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

tact

 noun
noun
NAmE//tækt//
 
[uncountable]
 
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the ability to deal with difficult or embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people synonym sensitivity Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy. She is not exactly known for her tact.
See tact in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary