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"text": "The police came and searched us at their discretion because we were shouting at each other's faces.",
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"sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
"word": "謹慎"
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"word": "谨慎"
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"sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
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"sense": "the quality of being discreet or circumspect",
"tags": [
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"roman": "obačnistʹ",
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"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; […]",
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"roman": "blagorazumie",
"sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
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"sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
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"word": "კეთილგონიერება"
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"sense": "the ability to make wise choices or decisions",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "críonnacht"
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"word": "прозорли́вость"
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"word": "omdöme"
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"word": "Gutdünken"
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"form": "discretions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "s"
},
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"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": "quotation"
}
],
"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": [
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"ipa": "/dɪˈskɹɛʃən/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-discretion.ogg",
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"tags": [
"US"
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{
"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": "discrétion"
},
{
"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": "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": "hayecʿoġutʿyun",
"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": "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"
}
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