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discernment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perceptiveness |
| Type of | perception |
| Derivation | discern |
discernment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discretion |
| Type of | wisdom, wiseness |
| Has types | prudence, circumspection, caution |
a man of discernment.
discernment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appreciation, perceptiveness, taste |
| Type of | discrimination, secernment |
| Has types | style, trend, vertu, connoisseurship, culture, delicacy, virtu, discretion, vogue |
discernment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity |
| Type of | sapience, wisdom |
| Has types | prudence, circumspection, common sense, discreetness, discretion, eye, good sense, gumption, horse sense, indiscreetness, injudiciousness, judiciousness, mother wit, sense |
discernment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apprehension, savvy, understanding |
| Type of | knowing |
| Has types | appreciation, realisation, realization, recognition, self-knowledge, smattering, brainwave, grasp, grasping, comprehension, hindsight, hold, insight, brainstorm |
Examples of discernment
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They host three discernment retreat weekends yearly to orient potential members.
From the freep.com
Nobody else could match its sweep, its erudition, its discernment or its warmth.
From the guardian.co.uk
Who caused this change of attitude and discernment that the Christians now enjoy?
From the washingtontimes.com
In other words, to act on the spiritual discernment one has had on what is right.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Until then, she will pray and search her soul, a process known as discernment.
From the latimes.com
And there is a fine line between prejudice and shrewd discernment and probability.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
In that case it would be discernment, rather than memory, that survived the virus.
From the guardian.co.uk
His triumph is due as much to a sense of place as to discernment of character.
From the time.com
Yet I did not pray, I did not seek discernment, I did not turn to a deity for help.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
- Understanding: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
- Taste: 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"
- Perception of that which is obscure
- Sagacity: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- Discretion: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
- Discernment is a term used in Christian tradition to describe the process of discerning God's will for one's life. ...
- The ability to distinguish; judgement; Discrimination; To distinguish between things; To perceive differences that exist; The condition of understanding; Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation; Perceptiveness; The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity; Discretion in judging objectively
- The ability to perceive, recognize and distinguish; (1) the subtle shades of differences in vibrations; (2) to exercise good judgment in various matters; (3) determine whether something is spiritual or psychic, light or dark, good or evil. ...
- Discernment is a process of prayerful reflection which leads a person or community to understanding of God's call at a given time or in particular circumstances of life. ...
