Discretion is a noun in the English language with several meanings revolving around the judgment of the person exercising the characteristic.
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Famous quotes containing the word discretion:
“We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
“But the house of the prudent countryman will be, of course, a place of honest manners; and Demeter Thesmophoros is the guardian of married life, the deity of the discretion of wives. She is therefore the founder of civilised order.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)