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- Dictionarydis·cern·ment/dəˈsərnm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the ability to judge well: "an astonishing lack of discernment"
- 2. (in Christian contexts) perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtaining spiritual guidance and understanding: "without providing for a time of healing and discernment, there will be no hope of living through this present moment without a shattering of our common life"
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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.
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.
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.
Discernment definition: the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.. See examples of DISCERNMENT used in a sentence.
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.
noun. 1. the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding. 2. the act or an instance of discerning. SYNONYMS 1. judgment, perspicacity, penetration, insight. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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.
Discernment definition: The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
Definition of discernment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
discernment meaning, definition, what is discernment: the ability to make good judgments about...: Learn more.
