understanding

Adjective

• characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
  • an understanding friend
    

Noun

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
  • we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
    

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
  • his sympathies were always with the underdog
    
  • I knew I could count on his understanding
    

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
  • they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business
    
  • there was an understanding between management and the workers
    

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  • he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  reason , intellect , sympathy , agreement , apprehension , discernment , savvy