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discretion
used in For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Parental discretion advised.

Definition

good judgment or good taste

And when he was excited he would say anything no matter what the consequences of his indiscretion.
Chapter 18 (22% in)

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Give me what I asked for and I leave all the rest according to discretion.
Chapter 43 (30% in)

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