1. (n.) The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

2. (n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.

3. (n.) A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

absoluteness accuracy acquired taste appreciation appreciation of differences appreciation of excellence appreciativeness artistic judgment attention to detail attention to fact care for truth choiceness circumstantiality civilized taste civilizedness connoisseurship conscientiousness correctness critical niceness criticality criticalness cultivated taste cultivation culture daintiness delicacy delicate distinction delicateness detail differentia differential discriminating taste discriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness distinction elegance exactingness exactitude exactness excellence exquisiteness faithfulness fastidiousness faultlessness feel feeling fidelity fine palate fine point fineness finesse finicality finicalness finickiness finickingness flawlessness fussiness good taste grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness hairline judiciousness literalism literality literalness making distinctions margin mathematical precision meticulousness minuteness narrow margin nice distinction niceness niceness of distinction nuance palate particle of difference particularity particularness perfection point of difference polish preciseness precisianism precision punctiliousness punctuality quality refined discrimination refined palate refinement right rightness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness scrupulosity scrupulousness selectiveness sense sensibility sensitivity severity shade of difference sophistication strictness subtle distinction subtlety tact tactfulness taste tastefulness textualism the letter wide margin