: a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense

Tact definition: a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations..

Definition of tact noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary tact noun /tækt/ /tækt/ [uncountable] 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