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undiscretion

undiscretion is the obsolete form of indiscretion.

Meaning of indiscretion

Noun

indiscretion (countable and uncountable, plural indiscretions)

  1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion
    • political indiscretion
    Synonyms:
    imprudence, rashness
  2. An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior.
    • forgive an indiscretion
  3. A brief sexual liaison.

Forms of undiscretion

pluralundiscretions

Questions about undiscretion

What is undiscretion the obsolete form of?
Undiscretion is the obsolete form of indiscretion.

Words near undiscretion in the dictionary

  1. undiscovery
  2. undiscredited
  3. undiscreet
  4. undiscreetly
  5. undiscreetness
  6. undiscretion
  7. undiscretions
  8. undiscriminated
  9. undiscriminating
  10. undiscriminatingly
  11. undiscriminatingness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undiscretion (page history and authors); indiscretion (page history and authors). 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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