All 3 Uses of
discretion
in
The Horse and His Boy
- And when I learned who she was, being delighted with her beauty and discretion, I became inflamed with love and it appeared to me that the sun would be dark to me if I did not marry her at once.
Chpt 3 *discretion = good judgment or good taste
- The Tisroc was apparently sunk in thought, but when, after a long pause, he noticed what was happening, he said tranquilly: "My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in a dung-hill, so old age and discretion are to be respected even in the vile persons of our subjects."
Chpt 8discretion = good judgment
- For the gods have withheld from the barbarians the light of discretion, as that their poetry is not, like ours, full of choice apophthegms and useful maxims, but is all of love and war.
Chpt 8discretion = good taste
Definition:
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(discretion as in: Parental discretion advised.) good judgment or good taste