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

Definition categories: attribute, wisdom, wiseness