Discernment
noun
The ability to judge well.
His discernment of fine art is exceptional
Often appears as...
- display discernment
- lack of discernment
noun
Perception in the absence of clear-cut identification.
A remarkable discernment of tones
Often appears as...
- discernment test
- discernment tasks
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noun
The ability to judge well.
His discernment of fine art is exceptional
Often appears as...
- display discernment
- lack of discernment
noun
Perception in the absence of clear-cut identification.
A remarkable discernment of tones
Often appears as...
- discernment test
- discernment tasks
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Subjective Quality
Discernment involves personal judgment, so it can be subjective and vary between individuals.
Her discernment on the matter differed from the rest of the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Mature Insight
'Discernment' often implies a level of wisdom or maturity in making decisions or judgments.
The elder's discernment was sought for its depth and experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Discernment may involve understanding unspoken subtleties, like in relationships or art.
To navigate complex friendships, one must have discernment.
Pro Tip 1/3Subjective Quality
Discernment involves personal judgment, so it can be subjective and vary between individuals.
Her discernment on the matter differed from the rest of the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Mature Insight
'Discernment' often implies a level of wisdom or maturity in making decisions or judgments.
The elder's discernment was sought for its depth and experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Discernment may involve understanding unspoken subtleties, like in relationships or art.
To navigate complex friendships, one must have discernment.
Pro Tip 1/3Subjective Quality
Discernment involves personal judgment, so it can be subjective and vary between individuals.
Her discernment on the matter differed from the rest of the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Mature Insight
'Discernment' often implies a level of wisdom or maturity in making decisions or judgments.
The elder's discernment was sought for its depth and experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Discernment may involve understanding unspoken subtleties, like in relationships or art.
To navigate complex friendships, one must have discernment.
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It is not. Religion is also moral discernment, an embrace of doubt, a commitment to detach from self and serve others, a challenge to repair the world.
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It is not. Religion is also moral discernment, an embrace of doubt, a commitment to detach from self and serve others, a challenge to repair the world.
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Ben Fountain
American Writer
Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.
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Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
French Politician
It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.
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Ben Fountain
American Writer
Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.
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Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
French Politician
It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.
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