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sensibility

sen·si·bil·i·ty [ sènssə bíllətee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. capacity to respond: the capacity to respond emotionally or aesthetically
a literary sensibility

2. capacity to feel: the capacity to perceive or feel

3. botany capacity of plants for response: the sensitivity of plants to external stimuli



plural noun sen·si·bil·i·ties 
Definition:
 
moral scruples: sensitivity about moral or ethical issues
careful not to offend their sensibilities


Word Usage
sensibility or sensitivity?

Sensitivity is used in ways corresponding to the meanings of the adjective sensitive, and is mainly concerned with physical or emotional reactions of various kinds: a sensitivity to bright light. Sensibility is less closely related in meaning to sensible than sensitivity is to sensitive, and chiefly denotes somebody's capacity to respond emotionally or aesthetically, as in poetry that appealed to his sensibility.

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