wisdom
An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
Other meanings
A piece of wise advice.
The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "wīsdōm".
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This definition is adapted from “wisdom” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.