Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indiscretion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indiscretion \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indiscretion
n 1: the trait of being injudicious [syn: {injudiciousness}]
2: a petty misdeed [syn: {peccadillo}]
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