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discretion

/dɪˈskɹɛʃən/

discretion noun: the quality of being discreet.

Noun

discretion (usually uncountable, plural discretions)

  1. (usually) The quality of being discreet.
    • Bob showed great discretion despite his knowledge of the affair.
  2. (usually) The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
    • With regard to a woman, at nine years of age, she was, if married, considered entitled to her dower; at twelve, she may consent to marriage; at fourteen, she is at years of discretion, and may choose a guardian; […]1838, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, A Popular Law-Dictionary
  3. (usually) The freedom to make one's own judgements.
    • I leave that to your discretion.
    1. (usually) The authority to exercise one's own judgement in making decisions that have effect.
      • The police came and searched us at their discretion because we were shouting at each other's faces.

discretion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

discretion in Hindi

the quality of being discreet or circumspect
विवेक vivek
the ability to make wise choices or decisions
विवेक vivek

discretion in Tamil

அறிவு, விவேகம், விருப்பம், விருப்புரிமை, தன் விருப்பப்படி தீர்மானிக்கும் உரிமை

discretion in Urdu

اختیار

discretion in Bengali

বিচক্ষণতা, বিবেচনা, সতর্কতা, বিচারবুদ্ধিসম্পন্নতা, বিবেক
More languagesFewer languages
discretion in Malayalam
വിവേകം vivēkaṁ
discretion in Kannada
ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯ, ತಿಳಿವು, ಕಣ್ಪರಿ, ಕಣ್ಮಲೆ
discretion in Gujarati
વિવેકબુદ્ધિ
discretion in Persian
صلاحدید salâhdid
discretion in Vietnamese
cẩn thận, cẩn trọng, thận trọng

Examples of discretion in a sentence

  • Viewer discretion is advised for the uncensored versions of these videos.
  • This program contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.
  • The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.

All 40 example sentences with discretion

Antonyms of discretion

Forms of discretion

pluraldiscretions

Plural of discretion: discretions

Origin of discretion

From Middle English discrecioun, from Old French discretion, from Late Latin discrētiō, from Latin discerno. Equivalent to discreet + -ion.

Words formed from discretion

Phrases with discretion

Questions about discretion

What does discretion mean?
Discretion means the quality of being discreet.
What is discretion in Hindi?
Discretion in Hindi is विवेक (vivek). See Discretion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discretion?
Discretion is a noun.
How do you pronounce discretion?
Discretion is pronounced /dɪˈskɹɛʃən/.
What is the plural of discretion?
The plural of discretion is discretions.

Words near discretion in the dictionary

  1. discretely
  2. discreteness
  3. discretenesses
  4. discreter
  5. discretest
  6. discretion
  7. discretion is the better part of valor
  8. discretion is the better part of valour
  9. discretional
  10. discretionalities
  11. discretionality

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: discretion (page history and authors); discretion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discretion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discretion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discretion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discretion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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