All 5 Uses of
discretion
in
Emma
- What arises from discretion must be honoured.†
Chpt 2.3-4 *
- Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father's hints, his mother-in-law's guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father's hints, his mother-in-law's guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.†
Chpt 3.5-6 *
- How the delicacy, the discretion of his favourite could have been so lain asleep!†
Chpt 3.5-6
- Now, however, I see nothing in it but a very natural and consistent degree of discretion.†
Chpt 3.13-14
Definitions:
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(discretion as in: It is within her discretion.) the right to make a decision (and perhaps accompanying good judgment)
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(discretion as in: embarrassing lack of discretion) behavior that does not attract undesired attention or reveal private information