All 3 Uses of
discretion
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "Thank you very much," said Oak, in the modest tone good manners demanded, thinking, however, that he would never let Bathsheba see him playing the flute; in this resolve showing a discretion equal to that related to its sagacious inventress, the divine Minerva herself.†
Chpt 7-9
- An Elizabeth in brain and a Mary Stuart in spirit, she often performed actions of the greatest temerity with a manner of extreme discretion.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- Had her utmost thoughts in this direction been distinctly worded (and by herself they never were), they would only have amounted to such a matter as that she felt her impulses to be pleasanter guides than her discretion.†
Chpt 28-30
Definition:
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(discretion as in: It is within her discretion.) the right to make a decision (and perhaps accompanying good judgment)