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Defenition of the word discernment

    • Defenition of the word discernment

      • perception of that which is obscure
      • the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discenment"
      • ability to make good judgments
      • 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"
      • the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
      • the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
      • the trait of judging wisely and objectively
      • the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
      • delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
      • the cognitive condition of someone who understands

    Synonyms for the word discernment

      • acumen
      • appreciation
      • apprehension
      • discretion
      • discrimination
      • judgement
      • judgment
      • perceptiveness
      • perspicacity
      • sagaciousness
      • sagacity
      • savvy
      • sensitivity
      • shrewdness
      • taste
      • understanding

    Similar words in the discernment

      • discernment
      • discernment's

    Hyponyms for the word discernment

      • appreciation
      • brainstorm
      • brainwave
      • caution
      • circumspection
      • common sense
      • comprehension
      • connoisseurship
      • culture
      • delicacy
      • discreetness
      • discretion
      • eye
      • good sense
      • grasp
      • grasping
      • gumption
      • hindsight
      • hold
      • horse sense
      • indiscreetness
      • injudiciousness
      • insight
      • judiciousness
      • mother wit
      • prudence
      • realisation
      • realization
      • recognition
      • self-knowledge
      • sense
      • smattering
      • style
      • trend
      • vertu
      • virtu
      • vogue

    Hypernyms for the word discernment

      • discrimination
      • knowing
      • perception
      • sapience
      • secernment
      • wisdom
      • wiseness

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