noun pl. sensibilities -·ties

1. the capacity for physical sensation; power of responding to stimuli; ability to feel
2. 1. the capacity for being affected emotionally or intellectually, whether pleasantly or unpleasantly; receptiveness to impression
   2. the capacity to respond perceptively to intellectual, moral, or aesthetic values; delicate, sensitive awareness or responsiveness
   3. liability to be offended, repelled, etc.

Etymology: ME < MFr < LL sensibilitas < L sensibilis: see sensible