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Definition of Discretion

Discretion Disjunction; separation. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. Discrimination. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. Related Definitions: According, Act, And, As, Being, Cautious, Choice, Circumspection, Conduct, Discernment, Discreet, Discrimination, Especially, Exercise, Freedom, Judgment, Management, Of, One, Or, Own, Propriety, Prudence, Quality, Self-Control, Separation, The, To, Wariness, Will, Wise

Discretion Quotations I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. Thomas Jefferson Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. Marcus Tullius Cicero Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. Francis Bacon Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. John Adams The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. John Ruskin

Discretion Translations discretion in Italian is tatto, discrezione discretion in Latin is prudentia discretion in Norwegian is diskresjon discretion in Swedish is gottfinnande, urskiljning

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