Indiscretion Definition & Meaning

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Indiscretion

Indiscretion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indiscretion? [n] a petty misdeed [n] the trait of being injudicious Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indiscretion: injudiciousness \| peccadillo Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indiscretion: absurdity \| act of folly \| atrocity \| audacity \| babbling \| betrayal \| blabbering \| blabbing \| bloomer \| blunder \| boldness \| boner \| botch \| brashness \| brass \| brazen boldness \| breach \| bungle \| callowness \| carelessness \| casualness \| cheek \| childishness \| chutzpah \| communication leak \| crime \| crime against humanity \| crudity of intellect \| dead giveaway \| deadly sin \| delinquency \| dereliction \| divulgation \| divulgement \| divulgence \| divulging \| dumb trick \| enormity \| error \| evil \| evulgation \| failure \| fault \| faux pas \| felony \| folly \| foolhardiness \| foolishness \| gaffe \| gall \| genocide \| giveaway \| guilty act \| haste \| hastiness \| heavy sin \| heedlessness \| heroics \| hubris \| immaturity \| impetuosity \| impetuousness \| impropriety \| improvidence \| imprudence \| impudence \| impulsiveness \| inadvisability \| inappropriateness \| inattention \| inconsideration \| indecency \| indecorousness \| indecorum \| indelicacy \| indiscreetness \| indiscriminateness \| indiscrimination \| inelegance \| inelegancy \| inexpedience \| inexpiable sin \| iniquity \| injudiciousness \| injury \| injustice \| insensibility \| insensitivity \| insolence \| irrationality \| lack of feeling \| lack of refinement \| lapse \| leak \| letting out \| malefaction \| malfeasance \| malum \| minor wrong \| misdeed \| misdemeanor \| misfeasance \| misstep \| mistake \| mortal sin \| naivety \| nonfeasance \| obvious clue \| offense \| omission \| outrage \| overboldness \| overcarelessness \| overconfidence \| oversureness \| overweeningness \| peccadillo \| peccancy \| pompousness \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| puerility \| rashness \| reasonlessness \| recklessness \| senselessness \| sin \| sin of commission \| sin of omission \| sinful act \| slip \| solecism \| sottise \| stuffiness \| stupid thing \| stupidity \| syncretism \| tactlessness \| telltale \| telltale sign \| temerariousness \| temerity \| thoughtlessness \| tort \| transgression \| trespass \| trip \| unchariness \| unchastity \| uncriticalness \| undiscriminatingness \| undiscriminativeness \| unfastidiousness \| unintelligence \| unmeticulousness \| unparticularness \| unpreciseness \| unreason \| unreasonableness \| unseemliness \| unselectiveness \| unsensibleness \| unsoundness \| untactfulness \| unthoughtfulness \| unutterable sin \| unwariness \| unwisdom \| unwise step \| unwiseness \| unwitting disclosure \| venial sin \| witlessness \| wrong See Also \| folly \| foolishness \| misbehavior \| misbehaviour \| misdeed \| unwiseness Indiscretion In Webster's Dictionary \In`dis*cre"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + discretion: cf. F. indiscr['e]tion.] 1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence. 2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior. Past indiscretion is a venial crime. --Cowper.

Indiscretion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indiscretion?

[n] a petty misdeed
[n] the trait of being injudicious

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indiscretion: injudiciousness | peccadillo

Indiscretion In Webster's Dictionary

\In`dis*cre"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + discretion:
cf. F. indiscr['e]tion.]
1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of
   discretion; imprudence.

2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

         Past indiscretion is a venial crime.  --Cowper.

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