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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdiscreción
Pronunciation / Transliteration: discreción
"Controlo el asunto con total discreción."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
"I can rely on his absolute discretion." - 2
The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
"The judge acted at his own discretion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word discretio, meaning discernment or separation, stemming from discernere (to distinguish). By the 14th century in Middle English, it evolved to denote the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Discretion" is said worldwide
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discrétion
Transliteration: discrétion
"Il a fait preuve d'une grande discrétion."
Verschwiegenheit
Transliteration: Verschwiegenheit
"Wir bitten um absolute Verschwiegenheit."
discrezione
Transliteration: discrezione
"Ti chiedo di agire con molta discrezione."
discreción
Transliteration: discreción
"Controlo el asunto con total discreción."
discrição
Transliteration: discrição
"Agradeço a sua discrição neste caso."
विवेक
Transliteration: vivek
"यह मामला आपके अपने विवेक पर निर्भर है।"
谨慎
Transliteration: jǐnshèn
"这件事情需要极大的谨慎。"
재량
Transliteration: jaeryang
"그 결정은 당신의 재량에 달려 있습니다."
慎重
Transliteration: shinchō
"彼の慎重な対応に感謝します。"
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