discernment

• WordNet 3.6
  • n discernment the trait of judging wisely and objectively "a man of discernment"
  • n discernment the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
  • n discernment perception of that which is obscure
  • n discernment 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 discernment the cognitive condition of someone who understands "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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• Interesting fact: On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.
• • Discernment The act of discerning.
  • 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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• • n discernment The act of discerning.
  • n discernment Acuteness of judgment; discrimination; a considerable power of perceiving differences in regard to matters of morals and conduct: as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment; also, the faculty of distinguishing; the exercise of this faculty.
  • n discernment Synonyms Penetration, Discrimination, Discernment, judgment, intelligence, acuteness, acumen, clear-sightedness, sagacity, shrewdness, insight. Penetration, or insight, goes to the heart of a subject, reads the inmost character, etc. Discrimination marks the differences in what it finds. Discernment combines both these ideas.
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• • n Discernment power or faculty of discriminating: judgment: acuteness
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• Francis Bacon

  

  “Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.”
• Lord Byron

  

  “Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.”
• Source Unknown

  

  “Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescence; but twenty-two would see thirty-eight with discerning clarity.”
• John Milton

  

  “For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.”
• Robert Wilson

  

  “Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.”
• Carl Jung

  

  “As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”

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