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Indiscreet :: Indiscreet (a.) Not discreet; wanting in discretion.

Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise..

Prudential :: Prudential (a.) Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee..

Discretionary :: Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers..

Injudiciousness :: Injudiciousness (n.) The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion.

Vest :: Vest (n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts..

Queen :: Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn..

Age :: Age (n.) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion..

Amerce :: Amerce (v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars..

Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion..

Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object..

Prudential :: Prudential (n.) That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..

Indiscretion :: Indiscretion (n.) An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

Blab :: Blab (v. i.) To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.

Brave :: Brave (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

Blab :: Blab (v.) To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion..

Amercement :: Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.].

Discretional :: Discretional () Alt. of Discretionar.

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