DISCERNMENT
\dɪsˈɜːnmənt], \dɪsˈɜːnmənt], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_n_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DISCERNMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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ability to make good judgments
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perception of that which is obscure
By Princeton University
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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ability to make good judgments
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perception of that which is obscure
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of discerning.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of discerning.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Clearness in judgment; penetration; insight; discrimination.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Act or power of discerning; penetration.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Act of discerning;—power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another;—judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity.
By Thomas Sheridan
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