All 6 Uses of
discretion
in
Middlemarch
- If Wrong, if Craft, if Indiscretion Act as fair parts with ends as laudable?†
Chpt 7indiscretion = behavior that displays a lack of good judgmentstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indiscretion means not and reverses the meaning of discretion. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Rosamond never committed a second compromising indiscretion.†
Chpt Fin. *
- Mr. Wrench, medical attendant to the Vincy family, very early had grounds for thinking lightly of Lydgate's professional discretion, and there was no report about him which was not retailed at the Vincys', where visitors were frequent.†
Chpt 1
- "My son's choice shall be mine," said Mrs. Farebrother, with majestic discretion, "and a wife would be most welcome, Camden.†
Chpt 5 *
- She had a letter to post—a letter addressed to Mr. Ladislaw and written with charming discretion, but intended to hasten his arrival by a hint of trouble.†
Chpt 8
- If Dorothea, after her night's anguish, had not taken that walk to Rosamond—why, she perhaps would have been a woman who gained a higher character for discretion, but it would certainly not have been as well for those three who were on one hearth in Lydgate's house at half-past seven that evening.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(1)
(discretion as in: It is within her discretion.) the right to make a decision (and perhaps accompanying good judgment)
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(2)
(discretion as in: embarrassing lack of discretion) behavior that does not attract undesired attention or reveal private information
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(3)
(discretion as in: Parental discretion advised.) good judgment or good taste