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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɛʃən/ Audio: en-us-discretion.ogg Forms: discretions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English discrecioun, from Old French discretion, from Late Latin discrētiō, from Latin discerno. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|discrecioun}} Middle English discrecioun, {{der|en|fro|discretion}} Old French discretion, {{der|en|LL.|discrētiō}} Late Latin discrētiō, {{der|en|la|discerno}} Latin discerno Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} discretion (usually uncountable, plural discretions)
  1. Individual justice from experience in quality of perception: discrete. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  2. The quality of being discreet. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the quality of being discreet or circumspect): дискретност (diskretnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), discreció [feminine] (Catalan), 謹慎 (Chinese Mandarin), 谨慎 (jǐnshèn) (Chinese Mandarin), diskrétnost [feminine] (Czech), ohleduplnost [feminine] (Czech), discretie [feminine] (Dutch), diskreteco (Esperanto), hienotunteisuus (Finnish), hienovaraisuus (Finnish), tahdikkuus (Finnish), discrétion [feminine] (French), Diskretion [feminine] (German), Takt [masculine] (German), Verschwiegenheit [feminine] (German), Angemessenheit [feminine] (German), Unaufdringlichkeit [feminine] (German), διακριτικότητα (diakritikótita) [feminine] (Greek), εχεμύθεια (echemýtheia) [feminine] (Greek), विवेक (vivek) (Hindi), discrezione [feminine] (Italian), riservatezza [feminine] (Italian), абайлаушылық (abailauşylyq) (Kazakh), വിവേകം (vivēkaṁ) (Malayalam), diskresjon [masculine] (Norwegian), dyskrecja [feminine] (Polish), discrição [feminine] (Portuguese), discreție [feminine] (Romanian), rezervă [feminine] (Romanian), осмотри́тельность (osmotrítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), discreción [feminine] (Spanish), diskretion (Swedish), обачність (obačnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), обережність (oberežnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pwyll [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. The ability to make wise choices or decisions. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the ability to make wise choices or decisions): благоразумие (blagorazumie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), discreció [feminine] (Catalan), uvážlivost [feminine] (Czech), soudnost [feminine] (Czech), tilannetaju (Finnish), harkintakyky (Finnish), discernement [feminine] (French), კეთილგონიერება (ḳetilgoniereba) (Georgian), Klugheit [feminine] (German), Umsicht [feminine] (German), σύνεση (sýnesi) [feminine] (Greek), περίσκεψη (perískepsi) [feminine] (Greek), שיקול דעת (shikúl dá'at) [masculine] (Hebrew), विवेक (vivek) [masculine] (Hindi), críonnacht [feminine] (Irish), discernimento [masculine] (Italian), വിവേകം (vivēkaṁ) (Malayalam), هوش (huş) (Ottoman Turkish), ادراك (idrak) (Ottoman Turkish), عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) (Ottoman Turkish), dowolność [feminine] (Polish), maturitate (de gândire) [feminine] (Romanian), прозорли́вость (prozorlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), omdöme (Swedish), розважливість (rozvažlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pwyll [masculine] (Welsh)
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  4. The freedom to make one's own judgements. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the freedom to make one's own judgements): հայեցողություն (hayecʻoġutʻyun) (Armenian), усмотрение (usmotrenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), преценка (precenka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), možnost uvážení [feminine] (Czech), možnost se rozhodnout [feminine] (Czech), oma harkinta (Finnish), discrétion [feminine] (French), Ermessen [neuter] (German), Gutdünken [neuter] (German), διακριτική ευχέρεια (diakritikí efchéreia) [feminine] (Greek), صلاحدید (salâhdid) (Persian), critério [masculine] (Portuguese), libertate de decizie [feminine] (Romanian), свобо́да де́йствий (svobóda déjstvij) [feminine] (Russian), усмотре́ние (usmotrénije) [neuter] (Russian), розсуд (rozsud) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abuse of discretion, age of discretion, discretional, discretionary, discretion is the better part of valour, discretionless, surrender at discretion

Noun [Old French]

Forms: discretion oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], discretions [oblique, plural], discretion [nominative, singular], discretions [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} discretion oblique singular, f (oblique plural discretions, nominative singular discretion, nominative plural discretions)
  1. discretion (ability to make one's own judgments) Synonyms: discrecion
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
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          "word": "rezervă"
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          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
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          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
          "word": "diskretion"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obačnistʹ",
          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "обачність"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oberežnistʹ",
          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "обережність"
        },
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          "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
          "word": "კეთილგონიერება"
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          "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
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          "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "discerno"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin discerno",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English discrecioun, from Old French discretion, from Late Latin discrētiō, from Latin discerno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discretions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "discretion (usually uncountable, plural discretions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The police came and searched us at their discretion because we were shouting at each other's faces.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Individual justice from experience in quality of perception: discrete."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discrete",
          "discrete"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bob showed great discretion despite his knowledge of the affair.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The quality of being discreet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discreet",
          "discreet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1838, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, A Popular Law-Dictionary:",
          "text": "With regard to a woman, at nine years of age, she was, if married, considered entitled to her dower; at twelve, she may consent to marriage; at fourteen, she is at years of discretion, and may choose a guardian; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ability to make wise choices or decisions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I leave that to your discretion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The freedom to make one's own judgements."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ],
        [
          "judgement",
          "judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɛʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-discretion.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-discretion.ogg/En-us-discretion.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-discretion.ogg"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diskretnost",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дискретност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discreció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "謹慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnshèn",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "谨慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diskrétnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ohleduplnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discretie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "diskreteco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "hienotunteisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "hienovaraisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "tahdikkuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discrétion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diskretion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Takt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschwiegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Angemessenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unaufdringlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakritikótita",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διακριτικότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "echemýtheia",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εχεμύθεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vivek",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "विवेक"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discrezione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riservatezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "abailauşylyq",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "абайлаушылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vivēkaṁ",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "വിവേകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diskresjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyskrecja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discrição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discreție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rezervă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmotrítelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осмотри́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discreción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "word": "diskretion"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obačnistʹ",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обачність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oberežnistʹ",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обережність"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pwyll"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagorazumie",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "благоразумие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discreció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uvážlivost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soudnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "tilannetaju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "harkintakyky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discernement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳetilgoniereba",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "კეთილგონიერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klugheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umsicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýnesi",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σύνεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perískepsi",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περίσκεψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shikúl dá'at",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שיקול דעת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vivek",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विवेक"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "críonnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "discernimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vivēkaṁ",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "വിവേകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "huş",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "هوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "idrak",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "ادراك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ʼakl, ʼakıl",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "عقل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dowolność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maturitate (de gândire)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prozorlívostʹ",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прозорли́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "word": "omdöme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvažlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розважливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pwyll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hayecʻoġutʻyun",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "word": "հայեցողություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usmotrenie",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усмотрение"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "precenka",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "преценка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "možnost uvážení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "možnost se rozhodnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "word": "oma harkinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discrétion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ermessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gutdünken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakritikí efchéreia",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διακριτική ευχέρεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "salâhdid",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "word": "صلاحدید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "critério"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libertate de decizie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svobóda déjstvij",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свобо́да де́йствий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usmotrénije",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усмотре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozsud",
      "sense": "the freedom to make one's own judgements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "розсуд"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discretion"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discretion oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discretions",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discretion",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discretions",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "discretion oblique singular, f (oblique plural discretions, nominative singular discretion, nominative plural discretions)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French feminine nouns",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one or the other according to the discretion of the doctor.",
          "ref": "1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):",
          "text": "l’ung ou l’autre selon la discretion du medicin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "discretion (ability to make one's own judgments)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discretion",
          "discretion#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "discrecion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discretion"
}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "discretion",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "discretion",
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}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'discretion oblique singular or' in 'discretion oblique singular, f (oblique plural discretions, nominative singular discretion, nominative plural discretions)'",
  "path": [
    "discretion"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "discretion",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.