Both Uses of
discretion
in
Typical American
- Helen was eating melon seeds, Chinese style. This involved shelling the seeds in her mouth with skillful discretion. She raised her hand to her lips, delicately emitted the empty hulls.
Chpt 4.34discretion = good judgment or good taste
- He would not ask. It was a species of agreement. It was a matter of discretion that was also a matter of survival, a matter of being unable to live the life they would otherwise have to lead. They settled on this complicity: they would not heal their rift — their mysterious rift — but bridge it, with manners.
Chpt 4.35 *discretion = good manners or good judgment
Definition:
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(discretion as in: Parental discretion advised.) good judgment or good taste