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