INDISCRETION


Meaning of INDISCRETION in English

|ində̇|skreshən sometimes ÷-rēsh- noun

Etymology: Middle English indiscrecioun, from Middle French indiscretion, from Late Latin indiscretion-, indiscretio, from indiscretus indiscreet + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

1. : lack of discretion: as

a. : imprudence , injudiciousness , untactfulness , inconsiderateness

warned him against indiscretion in his conversation

b. : lack of careful restraint : unwariness , incaution

spoke calmly to her and without indiscretion

2. : something (as an act, procedure, remark) marked by lack of discretion

had destroyed his political career by an indiscretion — Gamaliel Bradford

specifically : an act at variance with the accepted morality of a society

careful not to mention the indiscretions of her earlier life

3. Scotland : incivility , impoliteness

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.