discretionary
/dɪˈskɹɛʃən(ə)ɹi/US/dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/
discretionary adjective: available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
Adjective
discretionary (comparative more discretionary, superlative most discretionary)
- Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
- discretionary income
- discretionary powers
discretionary meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Gujarati
discretionary in Hindi
- विवेकाधीन
discretionary in Marathi
- विवेकाधीन
discretionary in Malayalam
- optional, voluntary, at one's discretion
- വിവേചനമനുസരിച്ചുള്ള, ഇഷ്ടം, ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട, ഇച്ഛാനുസൃതമായ, സ്വേച്ഛാനുസാരമായ, സ്വമേധയായുള്ള
discretionary in Gujarati
- વિવેકાધીન
More languagesFewer languages
- discretionary in Nepali
- विवेकाधीन
Examples of discretionary in a sentence
- Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.
- Any use of discretionary power exercised for an unauthorized purpose amounted to malice in law.
- This extreme "no" discretionary spending plan does not have to eliminate fun from your life.
Synonyms of discretionary
Forms of discretionary
| comparative | more discretionary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most discretionary |
Origin of discretionary
From discretion + -ary (“pertaining to”). Compare French discrétionnaire.
Words formed from discretionary
- discretionarily
- discretionary account
- discretionary fiscal policy
- discretionary income
- discretionary spending
- nondiscretionary
- nondiscretionary spending
Phrases with discretionary
Questions about discretionary
- What does discretionary mean?
- Discretionary means available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
- What is discretionary in Hindi?
- Discretionary in Hindi is विवेकाधीन. See Discretionary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is discretionary?
- Discretionary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce discretionary?
- Discretionary is pronounced /dɪˈskɹɛʃən(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
Words near discretionary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: discretionary (page history and authors); discretionary (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discretionary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discretionary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); discretionary (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discretionary (Nepali, 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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