Saturday, September 24, 2011

Discretion

dis·cre·tion [dih-skresh-uhn]

noun
1. the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
2. the quality of being discreet, especially with reference to one's own actions or speech; prudence or decorum: Throwing all discretion to the winds, he blurted out the truth.
Idiom
3. at discretion, at one's option or pleasure: They were allowed to work overtime at discretion.
Synonyms: acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom
Antonyms: carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness

(Know the how behind the why of the what, when, and where.)

92.1% | 174.61 lbs. (170.4 lbs.) | 16% (8 of 50) | 73.15% (267 of 365) | 102/55 lbs.

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