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Plural of discretion

regular plural

The plural of discretion is discretions.

Forms of discretion

Singulardiscretion /dɪˈskɹɛʃən/
Pluraldiscretions
Countableusually uncountable

Discretions in a sentence

  • A tradition, or whatever it was, that had flowered prelusively in the Princess herself—well, Amerigo's very discretions were his way of taking account of it.1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl. From the entry prelusively

Meaning of discretion

  1. noun The quality of being discreet.
  2. noun The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
  3. noun The freedom to make one's own judgements.

Full definition of discretion

Questions about the plural of discretion

What is the plural of discretion?
The plural of discretion is discretions.
Is discretion countable?
Discretion is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discretion (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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