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Discerning


DISCERNING, participle present tense

1. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.

2. adjective Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and judging; sharp-sighted; penetrating; acute; as a discerning man or mind.

DISCERNING, noun The act of discerning; discernment.