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DISCERNMENT
discretion, discernment
(noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively; “a man of discernment”
sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
(noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
discernment, perceptiveness
(noun) perception of that which is obscure
taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); “arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success”; “to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste”
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands; “he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
discernment (countable and uncountable, plural discernments)
The ability to distinguish; judgement.
Discrimination.
The ability to distinguish between things.
The ability to perceive differences that exist.
The condition of understanding.
Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
Perceptiveness.
The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
Discretion in judging objectively.
Anagrams
• rescindment
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cern"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discernement.]
1. The act of discerning.
2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.
Syn.
– Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight.
– Discernment, Penetration, Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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