Webster's English Dictionary

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sensibility

sen.si.bil.i.ty \.sen(t)-s*-'bil-*t-e-\ n 1: SENSITIVENESS {tactile ~}  2: 
   peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as a sli 
   ght or unkindness) - often used in pl. 3: awareness of and responsiveness 
   toward something (as emotion in another)  4: refined sensitiveness in 
   emotion and taste with especial responsiveness  to the pathetic