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Tact describes the act of using gentle language and behaving in a sensitive manner when dealing with potentially controversial issues. (noun)

An example of tact is when you gently and politely correct someone's error without embarrassing or angering the person or drawing attention to the error.

See tact in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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