noun
1. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
• Syn: ↑sagaciousness, ↑judgment, ↑judgement, ↑discernment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sagacious (for: ↑sagaciousness), ↑sagacious
• Hyponyms:
↑eye, ↑common sense, ↑good sense, ↑gumption, ↑horse sense, ↑sense, ↑mother wit, ↑judiciousness, ↑discretion, ↑discreetness, ↑circumspection, ↑prudence, ↑injudiciousness, ↑indiscreetness
2. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
• Syn: ↑judiciousness, ↑sagaciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sagacious (for: ↑sagaciousness), ↑judicious (for: ↑judiciousness)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.