Sagacity

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  • noun. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being sagacious, in any sense; sagaciousness.
  • noun. Synonyms Perspicacity, etc. (see judgment), insight, motherwit. See astute and discernment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
  • noun. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
  • Word Usage
    "Is it not singular that these animals, not usually wanting in sagacity or courage, should when threatened by fire so quietly submit to their fate without making a single effort to escape?"
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