discretion
[dɪˈskreʃn]
Definition:
1. Freedom to act or judge on one's own.
2. Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress.
3. Refined taste; tact.
Use 'discretion' in a sentence:
- 1. Ten years ago physicians were allowed more discretion.
- 2. In their rage, the staff have shed all deference and discretion.
- 3. Experts seem to need more expertise in discretion.
- 4. We can go home when we are ready, at our own discretion.
- 5. Where there are no service charges added to the bill, tip at your discretion.
- 6. Of course, we should also use discretion, depending on the level of service.
- 7. However, at our discretion, we will list standout contributors in the book's credits.
- 8. Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.
- 9. But I am deemed to be arrogant because I used my discretion.
- 10. But superintendents and principals have wide discretion.
- 11. Agile offers management that discretion.
- 12. This shouldn't be left entirely to his discretion.
- 13. Research on discretion of the random field of soil mechanical parameters.
- 14. What does discretion end, and avarice begin?
- 15. Warning: Viewers Discretion is Advised!
- 16. Larsson sometimes joined in the fun, but with more discretion.
- 17. Without proper discretion and care, your dream romance can turn into a nightmare.
- 18. We should also exercise discretion with regard to what we learn.
- 19. Res judicata and collateral estoppel may also limit an agency's discretion.
- 20. Several issues of the proposal right of sentence discretion in China.
- 21. A little wisdom, discretion and foresight can go a long way toward corporate survival.
- 22. Don't worry, discretion is my middle name.
- 23. Sentencing is at the discretion of the judge.
- 24. The committee was not prepared to use its discretion and grant special dispensation.
- 25. This committee may want to exercise its discretion to look into those charges.
- 26. Power of administrative discretion is the core of administrative power.
- 27. The matter of whom to trust is thus left to the user's own discretion.
- 28. Discretion is the better part of valuable.
- 29. Do not ogle her. Just remember to use discretion and show proper respect.
- 30. Application of STL Technique to Discretion by Boundary Element Method.
- 31. Visits are at the discretion of the owners.
- 32. The men at the airport lounge also pointed out that the premium buys discretion.
- 33. A Study of the Relationship Between Discretion and the Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law.
- 34. Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law.
- 35. How to deal with these complaints is left to your discretion.
- 36. The candidates were chosen at the discretion of the committee.
- 37. There is no service charge and tipping is at your discretion.
- 38. The implementation of a customized security plug-in is left to your discretion.
- 39. How much to tell terminally ill patients is left to the discretion of the doctor.
- 40. I'll leave it up to you to use your discretion.
- 41. Decades later, he sees the fraudulence in that discretion.
- 42. You must show discretion in choosing your friend.
- 43. Legal Thinking on the Discretion of Personnel Management in Colleges and Universities.
- 44. Discretion is not Jeremy's strong point.
- 45. And the participants maintained their discretion even in retrospect.
- 46. Bail is granted at the discretion of the court.
- 47. He appreciated his discretion and his fidelity.
- 48. School governors have the discretion to allow parents to withdraw pupils in exceptional circumstances.
- 49. This is confidential, but I know that I can rely on your discretion.
- 50. It's a vague formulation that leaves much to the discretion of local authorities.
- 51. He is the soul of discretion.
- 52. We may vary the limit at our discretion and will notify you of any change.
- 53. These charges can carry prison terms of up to five years, though there's a wide margin of discretion.
- 54. The naming of stars is at the discretion of the International Astronomical Union.