Sensibility meaning

What does “sensibility” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sensibility” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: mental responsiveness and awareness.

sensibility

mental responsiveness and awareness
Synonymsesthesia aesthesia
Oppositesinsensibility
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
“cruelty offended his sensibility”
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
“sensitivity to pain”
Synonymssensitivity sensitiveness

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University