In this passage which word can function as a synonym for "discernment"

A．few people attended the funeral.
B．fishing is a secure vocation.
C．the island is densely populated.
D．the house belonged to the decease

A．the rudder virtue.
B．steering the others.
C．the virtue without which people are like someone adrift in a boat, tossed in this direction or that by the wind, the waves, and the current.
D．the virtue to rock the boat.