a thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression.-hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject.-a sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast.-sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.