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Webster 1913 Edition

Sensibility

Senˊsi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Sensibilities
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
sensibilité
, LL.
sensibilitas
.]
1.
(Physiol.)
The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.
2.
The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy;
as,
sensibility
to pleasure or pain;
sensibility
to shame or praise; exquisite
sensibility
; – often used in the plural.
“Sensibilities so fine!”
Cowper.
The true lawgiver ought to have a heart full of
sensibility
.
Burke.
His
sensibilities
seem rather to have been those of patriotism than of wounded pride.
Marshall.
3.
Experience of sensation; actual feeling.
This adds greatly to my
sensibility
.
Burke.
4.
That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy;
as, the
sensibility
of a balance, or of a thermometer
.
Syn. – Taste; susceptibility; feeling. See
Taste
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sensibility

SENSIBIL'ITY

, n.
1. Susceptibility of impressions; the capacity for feeling or perceiving the impressions of external objects; applied to the animal bodies; as when we say, a frozen limb has lost its sensibility.
2. Acuteness of sensation; applied to the body.
3. Capacity of acuteness of perception; that quality of the soul which renders it susceptible of impressions; delicacy of feeling; as sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility.
4. Actual feeling.
This adds to my great sensibility. Burke.
[This word is often used in this manner for sensation.]
5. It is sometimes used in the plural.
His sensibilities seem rather to have been those of patriotism, than of wounded pride.

Definition 2024

sensibility

sensibility

English

Noun

sensibility ‎(plural sensibilities)

  1. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another.
    I think sensibility is important in a relationship.‎
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling.
    I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that's the truth of the matter.‎

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