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discernment|dɪˈzɜːnmənt, -s-|
[f. discern v. + -ment. Cf. F. discernement (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. a. The act of discerning or perceiving by the intellect; intellectual perception or apprehension.
168.in Somers Tracts II. 340 Leading me to a right Discernment of the present Condition into which we are now brought. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 174 Reason tends to and rests in the discernment of truth. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 277 The savage..has a quicker discernment of the track than the civilized man. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 536 A power of critical discernment.
b. The faculty of discerning; discrimination, judgement; keenness of intellectual perception; penetration, insight.
1586[see decernment]. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. 9 Things invisible, but unto intellectuall discernments. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. xlvi. 726 His discernment was expressed in the choice of this important post. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost vii. 177 The eye of the soul acquires a discernment whereby some can instantly read the characters of others.
†2. The act of distinguishing; a distinction. Obs. (Cf. discern v. 2.)
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 107 But that touching the difference of counsels, or tender of his life, should make a discernement. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. x. §4 (R.) It is not practicable, to frame rules for the discernment between due praises and flatteries.
3. Perception by the senses; distinguishing by sight, distinct vision. ? Obs. (Cf. discern v. 5.)
1727Philip Quarll 6 Being come within reach of plain Discernment. |