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Discernment Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Discernment?
[n] the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
[n] ability to make good judgments [n] perception of that which is obscure [n] 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" [n] the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" Synonyms | Synonyms for Discernment: appreciation | apprehension | discretion | judgement | judgment | perceptiveness | sagaciousness | sagacity | savvy | taste | understanding Related Terms | Find terms related to Discernment: acuity | acumen | acuteness | apperception | astuteness | clear sight | cogency | color vision | cone vision | critical discernment | day vision | daylight vision | discrimination | eye | eye-mindedness | eyesight | farseeingness | farsight | farsightedness | field of view | field of vision | flair | foresight | foresightedness | horizon | incisiveness | insight | intuition | judgment | keen sight | keenness | ken | longheadedness | longsightedness | night vision | penetration | perception | perceptiveness | percipience | peripheral field | peripheral vision | perspicaciousness | perspicacity | perspicuity | perspicuousness | photopia | power of sight | providence | purview | quick sight | range | reason | rod vision | sagaciousness | sagacity | scope | scotopia | seeing | sense of sight | sensibility | shrewdness | sight | sightedness | sweep | trenchancy | twilight vision | unobstructed vision | vision | visual acuity | visual field | visual sense | wit See Also | brainstorm | brainwave | caution | circumspection | circumspection | common sense | comprehension | connoisseurship | culture | delicacy | discreetness | discretion | discrimination | eye | good sense | grasp | grasping | gumption | hold | horse sense | indiscreetness | injudiciousness | insight | judiciousness | knowing | mother wit | perception | prudence | prudence | realisation | realization | recognition | sapience | secernment | self-knowledge | sense | smattering | style | trend | vertu | virtu | vogue | wisdom | wisdom | wiseness Discernment In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*cern"ment\, n. [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.
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