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SAPIENCE
wisdom, sapience
(noun) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sapience (usually uncountable, plural sapiences)
The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
Source: Wiktionary
Sa"pi*ence, n. Etym: [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient..]
Definition: The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. Cowper. Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scattered sapience. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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