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discernment

noun as in perception

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Discernment is all about understanding the nature of your own desire so that you can actually be happy.

Discernment and taste could be an aspect of why one chooses one brand over the other, the way drinkers interact with beer or wine.

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It’s important to recognize that none of the people on Goodell’s staff had any special experience or magical discernment.

Since men were given the roles of politician and war-maker, it was equally convenient to believe that biology predisposed them to discernment and bravery.

But his essays show a man struggling to figure out the complexities of discernment and judgment.

His patience, discernment, and intelligence are much admired.

I felt I was in the presence of a strong, natural man, gifted with great discernment and ability but full also of human kindness.

It is the implication that there is a spiritual discernment which is distinct from mental discernment.

When a man talks about "spiritual discernment," he makes a tacit assertion which ought not to be allowed to pass unchallenged.

The faculty of reason, then, has excelled this boasted faculty of spiritual discernment in its own religious sphere.

It may be an idle fancy, but if that string is not a woven strand from some womans crowning glory, then I have no discernment.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to discernment, such as: acumen, insight, judgment, and understanding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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