Definition of: discretion

(dis·kresh′ən) noun
1. Cautious and correct judgment; prudence; sagacity; the quality of being discreet.
2. Liberty of action; freedom in the exercise of judgment.
3. Law The act or the liberty of deciding according to justice and propriety, and one's idea of what is right and proper under the circumstances, without wilfulness or favor.
4. Obs. Distinction or separation; disjunction. See synonyms under ADDRESS, PRUDENCE, WISDOM.
—at discretion At will; according to one's own judgment. [<OF <L discretio, -onis <discretus discrete]

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