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

1. noun. The act of discerning.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. the trait of judging wisely and objectively

   "a man of discernment"

   Synonyms: discretion

4. noun. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

   Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity

5. noun. perception of that which is obscure

   Synonyms: perceptiveness

6. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: appreciation, perceptiveness, taste

7. noun. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

   Synonyms: apprehension, savvy, understanding

Synonyms

discretion, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity, perceptiveness, appreciation, taste, apprehension, savvy, understanding

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in discernment:

rescindment

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