Definition of "discerning"

discerning

/dɪˈsɜːn.iŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of discern
adjective
comparative more discerning, superlative most discerning
1. Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
  Quotations
  Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
  1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], page 5
noun
plural discernings
1. discernment
  Quotations
  Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied
  c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iv]