Both Uses of
discretion
in
Arrowsmith
- Gottlieb retorted with spirit and indiscretion.†
Chpt 12 *
- …had heard about the superiority of poverty to luxury, but after the lunch-wagons of Mohalis, after twelve years of helping Leora check the laundry and worry about the price of steak, after a life of waiting in the slush for trolleys, it was not at all dismaying to have a valet who produced shirts automatically; not at all degrading to come to meals which were always interesting, and, in the discretion of his car, to lean an aching head against softness and think how clever he was.†
Chpt 38 *
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