noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
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Secure file. Absolute discretion required.
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The correction official possessed almost absolute discretion over the parole decision.
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Cancellation by us may be necessary in exceptional circumstances and we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to cancel your holiday.
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The Council of the Research Defence Society reserves absolute discretion as to who shall be elected to membership.
administrative
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The latitude for administrative discretion in individual cases surely encouraged rather than checked official corruption.
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And even then, the content and boundaries of the offensive behaviour are matters of administrative discretion .
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The judgments in notorious cases which had decided that there could be unfettered administrative discretion were repudiated.
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Legislative mandate and legal offence are linked by an unguided and pervasive administrative discretion .
considerable
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Where business executives are concerned, employers tend to have considerable discretion in the way that they implement redundancies.
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The test of benefit of a class leaves the courts considerable discretion as to how to define the class.
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Although local authorities have considerable discretion in staffing matters, some officers must statutorily be appointed.
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Many policies are not based on rule books and central government allows considerable discretion to the local state.
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However, the courts possess considerable discretion as to whether to utilise this armoury.
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The authority has considerable discretion in this matter.
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We have already noted that agents are often given considerable discretion by lenders.
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The tribunal will also have considerable discretion in deciding whether or not the reasons given are adequate.
great
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It is felt that it leaves the police too great a discretion as to what type of conduct is unacceptable.
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This greater discretion was also evident in the establishment of the administrative and decisionmaking process.
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With great discretion , the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses.
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Tax-exempt financing provided the local government development official with a great deal of discretion .
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With great discretion , Laurence Evenden released the excess gas pressure in his duodenum.
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With great discretion , Dyson yawned, straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time.
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Further he comments that the male has the greater discretion of reason.
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General authority gives the subordinate greater discretion and flexibility.
judicial
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How far judicial discretion on sentencing should be directed by Government policy is problematic.
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Since each matrimonial property or custody dispute is to be decided according to judicial discretion the result is that litigation abounds.
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A judicial discretion is the essence of real justice.
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The rent awarded by the court under s24A may be considerably tempered by judicial discretion .
local
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Where the implementation of such strategic highs is in question the centre will limit the action space around interpretability and local discretion .
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Suggests that some recommendations are over-prescriptive and that more local discretion would be preferable.
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Case studies also reveal evidence of local discretion in other respects.
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The government has moved beyond exhortation to compulsion and thus removed yet another strand of local discretion .
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The latter is in some cases subject to statutory regulation, in others it is a matter of local discretion .
unfettered
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It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not.
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This is clearly a virtually unfettered discretion .
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The judgments in notorious cases which had decided that there could be unfettered administrative discretion were repudiated.
wide
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This passage is somewhat unsatisfactory in its lack of certainty and in the wide discretion it appears to leave to the courts.
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Such an approach appears to give schools and judges wide discretion to determine what is reasonable and what are legitimate educational concerns.
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This very wide discretion the judge may exercise in different ways in different cases or in different types of cases.
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Business units will then have wide discretion concerning how they structure themselves and operate to obtain the desired results.
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Store managers have a wide discretion to select what clothing, shoes and accessories their stores sell, based on local preferences.
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It will be appreciated that this rule gives the registrar a wide discretion .
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In assessing compensation, a tribunal has wide discretion .
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Such a wide discretion must be exercised fairly if it is to comply with the requirements of natural justice.
■ VERB
allow
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It may be too bound by rules and not allow individuals to exercise discretion within their work. 5.
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Instead, each airline was to be allowed to use its discretion as to frequency and capacity within reasonable grounds.
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Many policies are not based on rule books and central government allows considerable discretion to the local state.
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I do allow a slight discretion in these matters.
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But under the present system he is not allowed any discretion .
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Any organisation will have a mixture of formal and informal rules and will allow discretion .
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The next sixty years were to see a rise in the classroom autonomy of teachers allowing them growing discretion within their classrooms.
decide
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After a while, deciding that discretion was preferable, they moved off some distance into the desert parallel to the road.
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Having seen his ally overwhelmed in this startling fashion, Count Vulgrin decided that discretion was the better part of valour.
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Since each matrimonial property or custody dispute is to be decided according to judicial discretion the result is that litigation abounds.
determine
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With discretion , employers determined not to employ Catholics can continue to discriminate because of the weaknesses in the Act.
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Such an approach appears to give schools and judges wide discretion to determine what is reasonable and what are legitimate educational concerns.
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The Commission also has significant discretion to determine which crimes have been punished too leniently, and which too severely.
exercise
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He therefore failed to exercise at all the statutory discretion .
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In his view the whole of s.3 is concerned with the matters to be considered when the court exercises its discretion .
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This means that the Tribunal has to ask whether the Minister acted reasonably in exercising his discretion to grant a warrant.
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For example, the social worker exercises discretion in individual case work.
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The Divisional Court concluded that Mr Bartle exercised his discretion without flaw.
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Examples might include complaints about excessive delay, errors, discourtesy or the way in which the Revenue has exercised discretion .
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But he said the Department of Transport had exercised its discretion on whether to buy the property.
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If this is not done, the court may exercise its discretion not to sanction the scheme.
give
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General authority gives the subordinate greater discretion and flexibility.
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But if there is a special condition, the trustee could be given more discretion .
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It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not.
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Kasich said children might better be served through streamlining Medicaid and giving governors more discretion on coverage.
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We have already noted that agents are often given considerable discretion by lenders.
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Alexander was startled at having been given so much discretion at this critical moment in the battle.
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S 91 of the Law of Property Act 1925 gives the Court discretion to order the sale of a mortgaged property.
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The governors will often give the chairman discretion to act on their behalf.
leave
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It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years.
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I leave it to your discretion whether you should tell the Professors that they are 114 both wrong, or both right.
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The test of benefit of a class leaves the courts considerable discretion as to how to define the class.
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The mechanical following of rules would leave little scope for discretion to be exercised.
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It may be like a questionnaire, leaving the interviewer no discretion as to how to ask the questions or in what order.
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Gratuities to your driver and escort which are left to your discretion .
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They can safely be left to the discretion of the judge.
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In effect, the question of calculating the multiplier is left to the discretion and experience of the judges.
limit
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Densan tended initially to limit managerial discretion much more and thus seemed to offer a better alternative for labour.
refuse
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But the possibility of them convinces me that his discretion to refuse is not absolute or unfettered.
require
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In addition, modern legislation often requires official discretion to be exercised before final decisions are made.
retain
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Under the community charge, they retained that discretion .
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The appropriate minister retains complete discretion whether or not to refer a merger to the Commission, and whether or not to accept any recommendation.
use
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Instead, each airline was to be allowed to use its discretion as to frequency and capacity within reasonable grounds.
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They were now to be trusted to use their own discretion .
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In all cases, we reserve the right to use our discretion in offering students any particular style or type of accommodation.
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Health authorities would be encouraged, he said, to use discretion to ensure medical care is free.
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Sonia's deportation was only reversed because the Home Secretary used his discretion to consider the compassionate circumstances of her case.
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Inspect carefully using discretion as to how far to proceed. 3.
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Mr. Lloyd Section 39 is available for the police to use at their discretion .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be the soul of discretion
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Absolute discretion is required from everyone working for the Royal Family.
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Can junior managers be trusted to exercise discretion when making decisions?
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I leave it to your discretion as to whether you should tell your colleagues.
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The hotel has built a reputation on its discretion for the past 25 years.
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TV commentators have shown great discretion , glossing over the problems in her personal life.
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You can tell Martin anything -- he's the very soul of discretion .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It concerns the whole matter of judicial control over ministerial discretion .
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Kasich said children might better be served through streamlining Medicaid and giving governors more discretion on coverage.
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Latecomers are admitted at the discretion of the manager.
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So the court has full discretion over litigation costs incurred in proceedings between mortgagor and mortgagee.
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The governors will often give the chairman discretion to act on their behalf.
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The president could use his constitutional powers to move troops about at his discretion .