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Definition of discernment

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Discernment (n.) 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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Callidity :: Callidity (n.) Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish..

Wisdom :: Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity..

Election :: Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.

Blindly :: Blindly (adv.) Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own..

Discernment :: Discernment (n.) The act of discerning.

Sage :: Sage (superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

Undiscerning :: Undiscerning (n.) Want of discernment.

Perception :: Perception (n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition..

Sagacity :: Sagacity (n.) The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.

Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.

Subtlety :: Subtlety (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

Exquisite :: Exquisite (a.) Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment..

Tact :: Tact (n.) Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..

Half-sighted :: Half-sighted (a.) Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.

Clear-sightedness :: Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment.

Blind :: Blind (a.) Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects..

Unskillful :: Unskillful (a.) Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.