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Noun discernment has 5 senses

understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
--₁ is a kind of knowing
--₁ has particulars:
comprehension; self-knowledge; smattering; appreciation, grasp, hold; grasping; hindsight; insight, brainstorm, brainwave; realization, realisation, recognition
taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
--₂ is a kind of discrimination, secernment
--₂ has particulars:
virtu, vertu, connoisseurship; vogue, trend, style; delicacy, discretion; culture
discernment, perceptiveness - perception of that which is obscure
--₃ is a kind of perception

Derived form: verb discern₁
sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment - ability to make good judgments
--₄ is a kind of wisdom, sapience
--₄ has particulars:
eye; common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit; judiciousness; discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence; injudiciousness, indiscreetness
discretion, discernment - the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
--₅ is a kind of wisdom, wiseness
--₅ has particulars: circumspection, caution; prudence