a term used in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Charismatic Christian theology to judge the influence of various spiritual agents on a person's morality.

the prenatal testing for discerning the sex of a fetus before birth.

Vocational discernment is the process by which men and women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church and the world.

The Expediency Discernment Council of the Systemمجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام (Majma'-e Tašxis-e Maslahat-e Nezâm) is an administrative assembly of Iran appointed by the Supreme LeaderExpediency Council BBC News and was created upon the revision to the Constitution on 6 February 1988.Foreign press and media department