discernment
11discernment — Synonyms and related words: acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, clear sight, cogency, color vision, cone vision, critical discernment, day vision, daylight vision, discrimination, eye, eye mindedness, eyesight, farseeingness,… …
12discernment — noun (U) formal the ability to make good judgments about people or about art, music, style etc: I hope Pam shows more taste and discernment in choosing a husband …
13discernment — discerning ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing good judgement. DERIVATIVES discernment noun …
14Discernment of Spirits — • In the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Discernment of Spirits …
15Discernment of Spirits — is a term in Roman Catholic theology to indicate judging various spiritual agents for their moral influence. These agents are: from within the human soul itself, known as concupiscence Divine Grace Angels Devils The first and the last being evil …
16discernment of spirits — Paul regards the ability to recognize gifts of the Spirit [[➝ spirit]] as itself a gift (1 Cor. 12:10); it enables a person to establish the presence or the absence of God or, a worse case, the activity of an evil power disguised as good. One… …
17discernment — /di serrn meuhnt, zerrn /, n. 1. the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding. 2. the act or an instance of discerning. [1580 90; < MF discernement, equiv. to discern(er) to DISCERN + ment MENT] Syn. 1.… …
18discernment — noun a) The ability to distinguish; judgement. b) Discrimination. See Also: discern …
19discernment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perception, judgment, insight; see acumen . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear sightedness, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration,… …
20discernment — dis|cern|ment [ dı sɜrnmənt ] noun uncount the ability to make good judgments about things such as art, music, and books and to tell whether something is valuable or well made …
