discretion

discretion is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Disjunction; separation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Disjunction; separation.
2. noun. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.
3. noun. Discrimination.
4. noun. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
5. noun. the trait of judging wisely and objectively

   "a man of discernment"

   Synonyms: discernment

6. noun. the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
7. noun. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

   "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

   Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence

8. noun. refined taste; tact

   Synonyms: delicacy

9. noun. freedom to act or judge on one's own

Synonyms

discernment, circumspection, discreetness, prudence, delicacy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in discretion:

directions, soricident

Common word forms

discretions, discretional

Words from these letters

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