Synonyms:
comprehension
Meaning: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"
Usage examples
It's past my comprehension
The Comprehension Bill is forgotten.
The bewilderment in Abram's face melted into comprehension.
These phenomena are easy of comprehension and demonstration.
"Well," observed the Englishman as if he were slow of comprehension.
The Comprehension Bill was not passed; and the Test Act was not repealed.
APPALLING DEPTHS OF SPACE. Distances that Stun the Mind and Baffle Comprehension.
Only by showing the changes from some definite point of view can we arrive at a due comprehension of them.
One section of that party was for relieving the dissenters from the Test Act, and giving up the Comprehension Bill.
It is never the object of veneration or sacrifice, no myth brings it down to his comprehension, it is not installed in his temples.