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Discernment

The act of discerning.

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Narrower term 28

Appreciation 76% connected

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Caution 76% connected

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wa…

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Circumspection 76% connected

Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.

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Common sense 76% connected

See Common sense, under Sense.

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Comprehension 76% connected

The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

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Connoisseurship 76% connected

State of being a connoisseur.

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Culture 76% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Eye 76% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Grasp 76% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Grasping 76% connected

Seizing; embracing; catching.

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Gumption 76% connected

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Injudiciousness 76% connected

The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion.

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Insight 76% connected

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

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Judiciousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

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Prudence 76% connected

The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

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Realization 76% connected

The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

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Recognition 76% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Self-knowledge 76% connected

Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Smattering 76% connected

A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Trend 76% connected

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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Vertu 76% connected

Virtue; power. See Virtue.

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Virtu 76% connected

A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

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Vogue 76% connected

The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in th…

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Discrimination 76% connected

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

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Knowing 76% connected

of Know

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Perception 76% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Sapience 76% connected

The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.

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Secernment 76% connected

The act or process of secreting.

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Wisdom 76% connected

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment…

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Wiseness 76% connected

Wisdom.

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Derivationally related 8

Apprehend 74% connected

To take or seize; to take hold of.

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Apprehend 74% connected

To take or seize; to take hold of.

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Perceptive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Perceptive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Sagacious 74% connected

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

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Sagacious 74% connected

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

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Spot 74% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Spot 74% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Synonym 8

Appreciation 92% connected

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Apprehension 92% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Discretion 92% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Judgement 92% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 92% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Sagacity 92% connected

The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrew…

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Taste 92% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Understanding 92% connected

of Understand

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