discernment
(noun)
noun
1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands
Similar word(s): apprehension, savvy, understanding
Definition categories: thought, knowing
2. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Similar word(s): appreciation, perceptiveness, taste
Definition categories: thought, discrimination, secernment
3. perception of that which is obscure
Similar word(s): perceptiveness
Definition categories: thought, perception
4. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Similar word(s): judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity
Definition categories: thought, sapience, wisdom
5. the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- a man of discernment
Similar word(s): discretion