n. [ Cf. F. discernement. ] 1. The act of discerning. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.
Syn. -- Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. -- Discernment, Penetration, Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences. [ 1913 Webster ]
[きょうげべつでん, kyougebetsuden] (n) (See 不立文字) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) [Add to Longdo]
[こうおつ, kouotsu] (n) (1) A and B; excellent and good; similarity; (2) discrimination; discernment; distinction; (3) first and second parties (in legal contexts); (P) [Add to Longdo]
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