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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..

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..

Will :: Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Discretion :: Discretion (n.) The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness..

Imprudence :: Imprudence (n.) The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence..

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..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity..

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..

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

Discretion :: Discretion (n.) Disjunction; separation.

Under-age :: Under-age (a.) Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish..

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..

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

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

Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion..

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

Prudence :: Prudence (n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality..

Wisdom :: Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity..

Discretionarily :: Discretionarily (adv.) At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..

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