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wisdom
('w/I/zd/@/m )

noun (n)

  • accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    sapience
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of being prudent and sensible(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    soundness, wiseness
    Antonym:
    unsoundness
    source: wordnet30
  • an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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