Discernment

Noun

 * 1) The ability to distinguish; judgement.
 * 2) Discrimination.
 * 3) To distinguish between things.
 * 4) To perceive differences that exist.
 * 5) The condition of understanding.
 * 6) Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
 * 7) Perceptiveness.
 * 8) The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
 * 9) Discretion in judging objectively.

Related terms

 * discern

Adjectives
shrewd; human; enlightened; acute; rapt; keen; jealous.

Thesaurus
acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, clear sight, cogency, color vision, cone vision, critical discernment, day vision, daylight vision, discrimination, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farseeingness, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, flair, foresight, foresightedness, horizon, incisiveness, insight, intuition, judgment, keen sight, keenness, ken, longheadedness, longsightedness, night vision, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, photopia, power of sight, providence, purview, quick sight, range, reason, rod vision, sagaciousness, sagacity, scope, scotopia, seeing, sense of sight, sensibility, shrewdness, sight, sightedness, sweep, trenchancy, twilight vision, unobstructed vision, vision, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, wit

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Anagrams

 * rescindment