Usually means: Choice based on judgment, privacy.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. discretion: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. discretion, discretion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discretion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discretion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discretion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Discretion, discretion: Wordnik
  7. discretion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discretion: Wiktionary
  9. discretion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discretion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. discretion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. discretion: Dictionary.com
  13. discretion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. discretion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Discretion (album), Discretion (disambiguation), Discretion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Discretion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. discretion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. discretion: Rhymezone
  19. discretion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. discretion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. discretion: Free Dictionary
  22. discretion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. discretion: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. discretion: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. discretion: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. discretion: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Discretion: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  9. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  10. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  11. discretion: Legal dictionary
  12. Discretion: Financial dictionary
  13. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discretion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discretion: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discretion: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Discretion: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Individual justice from experience in quality of perception: discrete.
▸ noun:  The quality of being discreet.
▸ noun:  The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
▸ noun:  The freedom to make one's own judgements.

Similar:
discernment, prudence, circumspection, discreetness, free will, delicacy, discretiveness, discretionality, discreteness, distinctiveness, more...

Opposite:
indiscretion, openness, recklessness, transparency, exposure

Types:
prudence, wisdom, circumspection, caution, forethought, more...

Phrases:
with discretion, Judicial discretion, administrative discretion, limited discretion, discretion is the better part of valor, more...

Adjectives:
own, judicial, wide, administrative, considerable, more, sound, great, broad, sole, absolute

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     gray,     olive,     charcoal,     mauve,     sage,     teal,     burgundy,     forest green


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Similar:
discernment, prudence, circumspection, discreetness, free will, delicacy, discretiveness, discretionality, discreteness, distinctiveness, more...

Opposite:
indiscretion, openness, recklessness, transparency, exposure

Types:
prudence, wisdom, circumspection, caution, forethought, more...

Phrases:
with discretion, Judicial discretion, administrative discretion, limited discretion, discretion is the better part of valor, abuse of discretion, age of discretion, at discretion, more...

Adjectives:
own, judicial, wide, administrative, considerable, more, sound, great, broad, sole, absolute

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     gray,     olive,     charcoal,     mauve,     sage,     teal,     burgundy,     forest green



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