Synonyms of the word discretion


DISCRETIONAPPRECIATION - CIRCUMSPECTION - DELICACY - DISCERNMENT - DISCREETNESS - JUDGEMENT - JUDGMENT - LIBERTY - PERCEPTIVENESS - POWER - POWERFULNESS - PRUDENCE - SAGACIOUSNESS - SAGACITY - TASTE - WISDOM - WISENESS

discretion

  • n. The quality of being discreet or circumspect.
  • n. The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
  • n. The freedom to make one's own judgements.

appreciation

  • n. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
  • n. Accurate perception; true estimation.
  • n. A rise in value.

circumspection

  • n. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
  • n. Caution; watchfulness; vigilance.

delicacy

  • n. The quality of being delicate.
  • n. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting…
  • n. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
  • n. Frailty of health or fitness.
  • n. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
  • n. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

discernment

  • n. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
  • n. Discrimination.
  • n. The ability to distinguish between things.
  • n. The ability to perceive differences that exist.
  • n. The condition of understanding.
  • n. Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
  • n. Perceptiveness.
  • n. The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
  • n. Discretion in judging objectively.

discreetness

  • n. The state or quality of being discreet.

judgement

  • n. Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment. Sometimes found in the…

judgment

  • n. The act of judging.
  • n. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging…
  • n. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
  • n. (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination,…
  • n. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

liberty

  • n. The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
  • n. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
  • n. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
  • n. Freedom from excessive government control.
  • n. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
  • n. (often plural) A breach of social convention.
  • n. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
  • n. In the board game go, an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

perceptiveness

  • n. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight.

power

  • n. (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.
  • n. (physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
  • n. (mathematics).
  • n. (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels,…
  • v. (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
  • v. (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
  • v. To enable or provide the impetus for.
  • adj. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.

powerfulness

  • n. The quality of being powerful.

prudence

  • n. The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness;…

sagaciousness

  • n. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

sagacity

  • n. (obsolete) Keen sense of smell.
  • n. The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute…

taste

  • n. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals (Wikipedia).
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary,…
  • n. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
  • n. (uncountable, figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality…
  • n. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
  • v. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
  • v. To experience.
  • v. To take sparingly.
  • v. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
  • v. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

wisdom

  • n. (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
  • n. (countable) A piece of wise advice.
  • n. The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
  • n. The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from…
  • n. The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
  • n. (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.

wiseness

  • n. The state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.

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