1. (

• understanding ,
• apprehension ,
• discernment ,
• savvy

) the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" ;

2. (

• taste ,
• appreciation ,
• discernment ,
• perceptiveness

) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" ;

3. (

• discernment ,
• perceptiveness ,

) perception of that which is obscure ;

4. (

• sagacity ,
• sagaciousness ,
• judgment ,
• judgement ,
• discernment

) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations ;

5. (

• discretion ,
• discernment

) the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" ;