Touching sympathy (7)

I believe the answer is:

feeling

I believe this is a double definition.

'touching' is the first definition.
(feeling is a kind of touching)

'sympathy' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for feeling that I've seen before include "Emotion; opinion" , "Sympathy" , "Sense, emotion" , "Sensation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.

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