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# discretion

«discretion» in Mova's school dictionary: **being careful not to tell secrets or upset people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (discretion, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Discretion is being careful not to tell secrets or upset people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#m1)

2) Discretion is the freedom to decide what to do: at the teacher's discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#m2)

3) (formal) Viewer discretion means take care, some things may upset you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#m3)

4) Discretion can also mean good judgement, being sensible and wise about what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

School rules (at the head's discretion), adult life, TV warnings («viewer discretion advised»).

### examples

- Please use discretion with this secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x1)
- Homework extensions are at the teacher's discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x2)
- The nurse acted with discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x3)
- Viewer discretion is advised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x4)
- Leave the tip to your discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x5)
- The doctor treated the family's news with discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x6)
- You have genius, but no discretion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/#x7)

### note

Adjective: discreet (careful, not discrete = separate). Spelling: dis-CRE-tion.

### In the corpora

- [To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.3/)
- [Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.44/)
- [My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.76/)
- [That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.119/)
- [As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.312/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discretion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discretion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.