Sensibility Definition & Meaning

sensibility
noun
  1. mental responsiveness and awareness
  2. refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility"
  3. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"

"Sensibility" in song lyrics

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  • "sense and sensibility"
    AOL — AOL
  • "inheritance issues in sense and sensibility"
    AOL — AOL
  • "willoughby sense and sensibility"
    AOL — AOL

Usage tips for "sensibility"

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