INDISCRETION

n. 1 imprudence, tactlessness, improvidence, injudiciousness, rashness, recklessness, audacity, boldness, temerity, impulsiveness, hastiness, haste, impetuousness, impetuosity, thoughtlessness, insensitivity, heedlessness, carelessness, naïvety, foolishness, foolhardiness, folly He was guilty of indiscretion in talking to the press about the confidential report 2 blunder, error, mistake, slip, lapse, misstep, gaffe, faux pas, peccadillo, Colloq boner, Brit bloomer He spent much of his adult life paying for the indiscretions of his youth