discretion

[Dis*cre·tion]

If you have the freedom to decide something on your own, the decision is left to your discretion. You're in charge.

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Disjunction; separation.

Noun
the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"

Noun
the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

Noun
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

Noun
refined taste; tact

Noun
freedom to act or judge on one''s own

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n.
Disjunction; separation.

n.
The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.

n.
Discrimination.

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


Discretion

Dis*cre"tion , n. [F. discr'82tion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.] 1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede. 2. 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.
3. Discrimination.
Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion.
4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.

Discretional, Discretionary

Dis*cre"tion*al , Dis*cre"tion*a*ry ,[Cf. F. discr'82tionnaire.] Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

Disjunction; separation.

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Usage Examples

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

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