DISCRETION
\dɪskɹˈɛʃən], \dɪskɹˈɛʃən], \d_ɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISCRETION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
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the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
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freedom to act or judge on one's own
By Princeton University
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
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the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Disjunction; separation.
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The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.
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Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
By Oddity Software
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Disjunction; separation.
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The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.
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Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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