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Wisdom

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; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

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Abstruseness 76% connected

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

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Abstrusity 76% connected

Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.

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Advisability 76% connected

The quality of being advisable; advisableness.

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Deepness 76% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Depth 76% connected

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

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Diplomacy 76% connected

The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Initiation 76% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Judgement 76% connected

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

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Judgment 76% 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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Judiciousness 76% connected

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

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Profoundness 76% connected

The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.

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Profundity 76% connected

The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc.

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Reasonableness 76% connected

Quality of being reasonable.

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Sagacity 76% 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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Statecraft 76% connected

The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

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Statesmanship 76% connected

The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Goodness 76% connected

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Sapient 74% connected

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

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Sapient 74% connected

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Synonym 3

Sapience 92% connected

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

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Soundness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of…

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Wiseness 92% connected

Wisdom.

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Folly 94% connected

The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

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Folly 94% connected

The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

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