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DiscernmentDiscernment Dis*cern"ment, n. [Cf. F. discernement.]
1. The act of discerning.
2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes
one thing from another; power of viewing differences in
objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative
and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity;
insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the
want of discernment.
Syn: Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration;
sagacity; insight. -- Discernment, Penetration,
Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy
of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing
deeply into a subject in spite of everything that
intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of
tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of
thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a
penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape
others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest
differences. GovernmentGovernment Gov"ern*ment, n. [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]
1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the
administration of laws; control; direction; regulation;
as, civil, church, or family government.
2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state;
the established form of law.
That free government which we have so dearly
purchased, free commonwealth. --Milton.
3. The right or power of governing; authority.
I here resign my government to thee. --Shak.
4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws;
the ruling power; the administration.
When we, in England, speak of the government, we
generally understand the ministers of the crown for
the time being. --Mozley & W.
5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as,
the governments of Europe.
6. Management of the limbs or body. --Shak.
7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction,
requiring that another word should be in a particular
case. Governmental
Governmental Gov"ern*men"tal, a. [Cf. F. gouvernemental.]
Pertaining to government; made by government; as,
governmental duties.
InternmentInternment In*tern"ment, n. [F. internement. See Intern.]
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to
the interior of a country. Misgovernment
Misgovernment Mis*gov"ern*ment, n.
Bad government; want of government. --Shak.
Paternal governmentPaternal Pa*ter"nal, a. [L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf.
F. paternel. See Father.]
1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the
disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a
father; as, paternal care. ``Under paternal rule.'
--Milton.
2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a
paternal estate.
Their small paternal field of corn. --Dryden.
Paternal government (Polit. Science), the assumption by the
governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the
people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their
business and social concerns, upon the theory that they
are incapable of managing their own afffairs. Petticoat governmentPetticoat Pet"ti*coat, n. (Zo["o]l.) [Petty + coat.]
A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body
below the waist.
Petticoat government, government by women, whether in
politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.]
Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe
surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize
the draft. Secernment
Secernment Se*cern"ment, n. (Physiol.)
The act or process of secreting.
Unconcernment
Unconcernment Un`con*cern"ment, n.
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or
concern; unconcernedness. [Obs.] --South.
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