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Webster 1913 Edition
Discernment
Dis-cern′ment
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
discernement
.] 1.
The act of discerning.
Syn. – Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. –
Discernment
, Penetration
, Discrimination
. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences. Webster 1828 Edition
Discernment
DISCERNMENT
,Noun.