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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 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.
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. gumption. highbrow. horse sense. hyper-intelligent. imaginative. perceptively. percipiently. perspicaciously. perspicacity.
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 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.
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.
Definition of discernment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the faculty of discerning; discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
