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Discernment

Discernment Definition And Meaning
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.

Discernment Definition And Meaning

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"

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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