Definition of sensibility

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Sensibility (n.) 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..

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Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) 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..
Torpor :: Torpor (n.) Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness..
Perception :: Perception (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility..
Sentiment :: Sentiment (a.) Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.
Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..
Unfeeling :: Unfeeling (a.) Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.
Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem..
Remorseless :: Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless..
Iron :: Iron (n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;.
Cocaine :: Cocaine (n.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain..
Aridity :: Aridity (n.) Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
Ingratitude :: Ingratitude (n.) Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness..
Etherization :: Etherization (n.) The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
Passibility :: Passibility (n.) The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility.
Hyperaesthesia :: Hyperaesthesia (n.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it..
Cold-blooded :: Cold-blooded (a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses..
Sensive :: Sensive (a.) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive.
Induration :: Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling..
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