WISDOM

n. 1 sagacity, sageness, judgement, discernment, reason, prudence, judiciousness, (common) sense, insight, penetration, sapience, understanding, rationality, clear-sightedness, clear-headedness, perspicacity, perspicuity, percipience, perception, perceptiveness, intelligence, acuteness, acumen, astuteness, sharpness, shrewdness, long-headedness At least she had the wisdom not to shoot the intruder Allen's wisdom stems from long experience in such matters. 2 knowledge, learning, erudition, lore, scholarship, enlightenment The wisdom of the ages is locked away in these books