discernment

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  1. noun The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
  2. noun Keenness of insight and judgment.

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  • That altogether hidden from human discernment, they are made known only by the revelation of the Spirit; so that they are accounted foolishness wherever the Spirit does not give light. —  CAMPONTHIS
  • If the Democrats had any sense of discernment, they would remove him. —  WordPress.com News
  • In short, I've found that my discernment is remarkably accurate in determining when conversations won't be productive. —  4Simpsons Blog - Eternity Matters
  • This discernment is clarified through collective worship. —  QuakerQuaker.org
  • As professionals in the field of apologetics / discernment, they often worked together in an "iron sharpens iron" capacity with interaction taking please not only amongst themselves, but also between various scholars in the same field: e.g., —  PoP cULtuRe MiX
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  1. from French discernement = Spanish discernimiento = Portuguese discernimento = Italian discernimento, scernimento; as discern + -ment.
 

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