Dictionary Entry
discernment
discernment is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of discerning. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of discerning.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
"a man of discernment"
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- 4noun
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- 5noun
perception of that which is obscure
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- 6noun
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"
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- 7noun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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