Definition of discrimination

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Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means..

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Nice :: Nice (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
Indistinction :: Indistinction (n.) Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.
Discretion :: Discretion (n.) Discrimination.
Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. i.) To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment..
Disjudication :: Disjudication (n.) Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication.
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences..
Indiscrimination :: Indiscrimination (n.) Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality.
Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
Plutus :: Plutus (n.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit..
Indiscriminate :: Indiscriminate (a.) Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous.
Promiscuous :: Promiscuous (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse..
Judgment :: Judgment (v. i.) That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2.
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence..
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
Skill :: Skill (n.) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Nicety :: Nicety (n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
Acumen :: Acumen (n.) Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
Choice :: Choice (n.) Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination..
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