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 →

2) Discretion is the freedom to decide what to do: at the teacher's discretion. tree →

3) (formal) Viewer discretion means take care, some things may upset you. tree →

4) Discretion can also mean good judgement, being sensible and wise about what to do. tree →

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 →
• Homework extensions are at the teacher's discretion. tree →
• The nurse acted with discretion. tree →
• Viewer discretion is advised. tree →
• Leave the tip to your discretion. tree →
• The doctor treated the family's news with discretion. tree →
• You have genius, but no discretion. tree →

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;
• Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
• My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
• That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
• As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «discretion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.