Benefit from conflict within touching distance (6)
I believe the answer is:
reward
'benefit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'conflict within touching distance' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'within' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'touching' becomes 're' (re can mean touching or regarding).
'distance' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
're'+'d'='red'
'war' placed inside 'red' is 'REWARD'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reward that I've seen before include "Bounty for, eg, capturing outlaw" , "'Virtue is its own . . . . . .'" , "It's given to reinforce good behaviour" , "Present given to mark service or good deed" , "Deserts" .)