All 3 Uses of
discretion
in
The House of Mirth
- Her discretions interested him almost as much as her imprudences: he was so sure that both were part of the same carefully-elaborated plan.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- There were a thousand chances to one against her meeting anybody, but one could never tell, and she always paid for her rare indiscretions by a violent reaction of prudence.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- There had been another exchange of visits, a tea at a country-club, an encounter at a hunt ball; there was even a rumour of an approaching dinner, which Mattie Gormer, with an unnatural effort at discretion, tried to smuggle out of the conversation whenever Miss Bart took part in it.†
Chpt 2.6
Definitions:
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(discretion as in: Parental discretion advised.) good judgment or good taste
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(discretion as in: It is within her discretion.) the right to make a decision (and perhaps accompanying good judgment)