Definition of Discernment
Discernment
The act of discerning.
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.
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Discernment Quotations
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
Chanakya
Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
Lord Byron
Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
Corrie Ten Boom
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
George Byron
When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.
Jennifer O'Neill
Discernment Translations
discernment in French is intelligence
discernment in German is Einsicht
discernment in Spanish is discernimiento, entendimiento
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