Noun

• S: (n) discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress) "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) confidentiality (discretion in keeping secret information)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)
• S: (n) wisdom, sapience (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)
• S: (n) know-how (the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something)
• S: (n) ability, power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done) "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
• S: (n) cognition, knowledge, noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse (subtly skillful handling of a situation)