Wisdom vs. Discernment

Wisdomnoun

(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

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(countable) A piece of wise advice.

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The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.

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The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.

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The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.

Wisdomnoun

(theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.

Wisdomnoun

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

Wisdomnoun

The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.

Wisdomnoun

accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

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the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

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ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

Wisdomnoun

the quality of being prudent and sensible

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an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

Wisdom

Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowledge, self-transcendence and non-attachment, and virtues such as ethics and benevolence.Wisdom has been defined in many different ways, including several distinct approaches to assess the characteristics attributed to wisdom.

Discernmentnoun

The ability to distinguish; judgement.

Discernmentnoun

Discrimination.

Discernmentnoun

The ability to distinguish between things.

Discernmentnoun

The ability to perceive differences that exist.

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The condition of understanding.

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Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.

Discernmentnoun

Perceptiveness.

Discernmentnoun

The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.

Discernmentnoun

Discretion in judging objectively.

Discernmentnoun

The act of discerning.

Discernmentnoun

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.

Discernmentnoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

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delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

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perception of that which is obscure

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ability to make good judgments

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the trait of judging wisely and objectively;

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the ability to judge well

Discernment

Discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well (or the activity of so doing). In the case of judgement, discernment can be psychological, moral or aesthetic in nature.