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/dɪskrˈɛʃən/ Listen

noun

Discretion n.

Disjunction; separation. (Obs.)

The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. "The better part of valor is discretion." "The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner."

Discrimination. "Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion."

Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.

At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.

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Etymology of 'Discretion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Discretion" Quotes from Famous Books

... is that, while on the subject of the German indemnities, stolid illusions continue to be propagated (perhaps now with greater discretion), neither France nor Italy is in a position to ...

— Peaceless Europe • Francesco Saverio Nitti

... found fit, then the Godfathers and Godmothers (the people being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed) shall be ready to present them at the Font immediately after the second Lesson, either at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Curate in his discretion shall think fit. ...

— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England

... have no discretion in the matter, you see." He laughed. "You're thinking, Captain West, that ...

— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers

... speakers into his neighbor's ear. At the same time, the chandeliers and the flambeaux on the chimney-shelf shed such a flood of light on the two friends that their faces, strongly illuminated, failed, in spite of their diplomatic discretion, to conceal the faint expression of their feelings either from the keen-sighted countess or the artless stranger. This espionage of people's thoughts is perhaps to idle persons one of the pleasures they find in society, while numbers of disappointed numskulls ...

— Domestic Peace • Honore de Balzac

... the sole admission of a fruitless business; they show the bad tree;—so, according to his principle of action, he deliberated; but he was compelled to admit that Vittoria's letter was little else than a repetition of her want of discretion when she was on the Motterone. He admitted it, wrathfully: his efforts to convict this woman telling him she deserved some punishment; and his suspicions being unsatisfied, he resolved to keep them hungry upon her, and return to Milan at once. As to the letter itself, he purposed, since the ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

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