"discernment" in the noun sense
1. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
2. taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
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"
3. discernment, perceptiveness
perception of that which is obscure
4. sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
5. discretion, discernment
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
"a man of discernment"
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