indiscretion

See also: indiscrétion

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Late Latin indiscrētiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɪsˈkɹɛʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

indiscretion (countable and uncountable, plural indiscretions)

1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion

   Synonyms: imprudence, rashness

   political indiscretion

   minor indiscretion

   He apologized for his youthful indiscretion.

   The scandal was caused by a single indiscretion.

2. An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior.

   forgive an indiscretion

3. A brief sexual liaison.

Derived terms

• dietary indiscretion
• indiscretional
• youthful indiscretion

Related terms

• indiscreet
• discretion

Translations

Want of discretion

• Bulgarian: нетактичност (bg) f (netaktičnost), неучтивост (bg) f (neučtivost)
• Catalan: indiscreció f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不慎 (bat¹ san⁶)

• Dutch: indescretie
• French: indiscrétion (fr) f
• German: Indiskretion (de) f
• Greek: αδιακρισία (el) f (adiakrisía)
• Manx: neuyeidys
• Romanian: indiscreție (ro) f
• Russian: неосмотрительность (ru) f (neosmotritelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: indiscreción (es) f

Indiscreet act

• Armenian: անհամեստություն (hy) (anhamestutʻyun)
• Finnish: hairahdus (fi)
• French: indiscrétion (fr) f
• German: Indiskretion (de) f
• Greek: αδιακρισία (el) f (adiakrisía)
• Kazakh: ұятсыздық (ūätsyzdyq)
• Romanian: indiscreție (ro) f
• Russian: нескромность (ru) (neskromnostʹ)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indiscretion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “indiscretion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• indirections, indoctrinise