Sentence:  When Lovat finally took the resolution of dispatching his son, with the best part of his clan, to the assistance of Charles Edward, a resolution which was not adopted without much hesitation and many misgivings, he feigned, with characteristic <WSD>finesse</WSD>, an apology for his march. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. (from c. 1520)