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

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

Discernment :: 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..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate..

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..

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

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

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

Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation..

Discernance :: Discernance (n.) Discernment.

Quick-sighted :: Quick-sighted (a.) Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.

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..

Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means..

Nasutness :: Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness..

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

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

Perspicacious :: Perspicacious (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.

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

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