This same root yields the verb "discern"—to recognize as distinct or separate and the cognate "discreet"—to show discernment, hence "well-behaved".
Francis's announcement is likely to agitate the Argentinian pope's toughest critics, a group of four hardline cardinals who are pressuring him over a papal document on the family called Amoris Laetitia that implicitly opened the door for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive holy communion, and called on priests to show "discernment" on the matter.
He doesn't seem to show much discernment when it comes to finding her a better one, either.
Rather than looking at the new releases, she can show true discernment by offering an old classic.
Buyers showed increasing discernment, balking at the obvious instances of auction house greed and snubbing works that were simply not good enough for their price tags.
An official investigation found that the deportation had been carried out legally, but that the police could have shown greater "discernment".
An official investigation found that the deportation had been carried out legally, but that the police could have shown greater "discernment". Hollande, rather than let the matter die down, made a nationally televised address, in which he offered a kind of Solomonic compromise: Leonarda was welcome to return to finish her studies in France but without the rest of her family.
This shows great discernment, as giving needs wisdom in order to be of most benefit.
Fortunately, the public has shown more discernment, and the early enthusiasm for Palin has given way to national ridicule of her candidacy and McCain's judgment.
I just got back into town from Los Angeles and the traffic out of town is endless". The fire showed no discernment for economics, hitting million-dollar mansions and trailer homes alike, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people around the area.
Showing considerable foresight and discernment, Innocent III embraced the movement and made it part of the church when he approved the Franciscan and Dominican orders.
