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    discernment
    /dɪˈsəːnm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. the ability to judge well: "an astonishing lack of discernment"

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  2. The meaning of DISCERNMENT is the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning. How to use discernment in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Discernment.

  3. the ability to judge people and things well: It's clear that you are a person of discernment. Synonym. savvy informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Intelligence. acuity. acumen. agility. aptness. brain. gumption. highbrow. horse sense. hyper-intelligent. imaginative. perceptively. percipiently. perspicaciously. perspicacity.

  4. Discernment definition: the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.. See examples of DISCERNMENT used in a sentence.

  5. the ability to judge people and things well: It's clear that you are a person of discernment. Synonym. savvy informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Intelligence. acuity. acumen. agility. aptness. brain. grey matter. gumption. highbrow. horse sense. hyper-intelligent. penetrative. perceptively. percipiently. perspicaciously.

  6. The noun discernment describes a wise way of judging between things, or a particularly perceptive way of seeing things. If you can understand something that's somewhat hidden or obscure — if you figure out the themes of a confusing movie, for example — you're using discernment.

  7. to see, recognize, or understand something that is not clear: I could just discern a figure in the darkness. It is difficult to discern any pattern in these figures. Synonyms. distinguish. recognize. spot. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Using the eyes. accommodate. accommodation. all eyes are on someone/something idiom. astigmatic.

  8. Jun 15, 2024 · Discernment is the ability to judge which things of a particular kind are good and which are bad. ...their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality. Synonyms: judgment , discrimination , perception , understanding More Synonyms of discernment

  9. noun. /dɪˈsɜːnmənt/ /dɪˈsɜːrnmənt/ [uncountable] (formal, approving) the ability to show good judgement about the quality of somebody/something synonym discrimination. He shows great discernment in his choice of friends. She is a woman of the highest taste and discernment. Want to learn more?

  10. the faculty of discerning; discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.

  11. discernment. noun. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.