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Indiscretion

Indiscretion Meaning & Definition
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.

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