Defenition of the word discretion

• Defenition of the word discretion

  • The quality of being discreet.
  • Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress.
  • refined taste; tact
  • freedom to act or judge on one's own
  • the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discenment"
  • knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
  • the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
  • the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
  • freedom to act or judge on one''s own
  • the trait of judging wisely and objectively
  • knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

Synonyms for the word discretion

• • circumspection
  • delicacy
  • discernment
  • discreetness
  • free will
  • prudence

Hyponyms for the word discretion

• • caution
  • circumspection
  • confidentiality
  • prudence
  • self-determination

Hypernyms for the word discretion

• • appreciation
  • discernment
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • liberty
  • perceptiveness
  • potency
  • power
  • powerfulness
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • taste
  • wisdom
  • wiseness

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