Synonyms:
discretion
Meaning: freedom to act or judge on one's own
Synonyms:
discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence
Meaning: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
Usage examples
Peter and Felix "pitched in," with more zeal than discretion on both sides.
Wolverstone congratulated himself upon the discretion he had used with Dyke.
'To permit a law to be modified at discretion, is to leave the community without law.
The captain was very grave indeed, and I bade my inward spirit keep close to discretion.
Athos talked of the discretion of Grimaud, who never spoke a word but when his master unlocked his mouth.
This formidable array brought us to our senses: we began to think that maybe discretion was the better part of valor.
A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
In the same manner, says he, as want of cleanliness, decency, or discretion in a mistress are found to alienate our affections.
The Cardinal would have enjoyed a fight vastly with two or three opponents; but a half-dozen made discretion better than valour.
Consideration is not acquired by words; an article so precious demands a real value; it demands also the assistance of discretion.