indiscretion

See also: indiscrétion

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin indiscretio

Noun

indiscretion (countable and uncountable, plural indiscretions)

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

   Synonyms: imprudence, rashness

2. An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior.
3. A brief sexual liaison.

Translations

Want of discretion

• Bulgarian: нетактичност (bg) f (netaktičnost), неучтивост (bg) f (neučtivost)
• Catalan: indiscreció f
• Dutch: indescretie
• French: indiscrétion (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Indiskretion f
• Greek: αδιακρισία (el) f (adiakrisía)
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Indiskretion f
• Greek: αδιακρισία (el) f (adiakrisía)
• Romanian: indiscreție (ro) f

References

• “indiscretion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “indiscretion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• indirections