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1. (n.) discernment
the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
2. discernment
the act or an instance of discerning.
Etymology: (1580–90; < MF)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
2. (noun) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
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"
3. (noun) discernment, perceptiveness
perception of that which is obscure
4. (noun) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
5. (noun) discretion, discernment
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
"a man of discernment"
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1. (noun) discernment
the act of discerning
2. (noun) discernment
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
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