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Indiscretion meaning

  1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion
  2. An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior.
  3. A brief sexual liaison.

Synonyms of Indiscretion

injudiciousness folly foolishness unwiseness peccadillo misbehavior misbehaviour misdeed

Using Indiscretion

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion | An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior. | A brief sexual liaison.
  • Useful related words include: injudiciousness, folly, foolishness, unwiseness.
  • In the example corpus, indiscretion often appears in combinations such as: the indiscretion, indiscretion and, his indiscretion.

Context around Indiscretion

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Indiscretion

  • In this selection, "indiscretion" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, minor, alleged, institutional, systemic, almost and too stand out and add context to how "indiscretion" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a minor indiscretion from robinson and after this indiscretion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "indiscretion" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with indiscretion

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

This is not mere indiscretion. (5 words)

An indiscretion that I will deal with. (7 words)

For once Kyrgios escaped punishment, but eyebrows were still raised after this indiscretion. (13 words)

There aren’t many sights in football quite like a wronged Matip, who fell to his knees, shook his hands dramatically in pure frustration and then put them to his head as he was given a booking for his indiscretion. (40 words)

The Blitzboks surged ahead 12-0 before the Argentinians came back in the second half, scoring the match-winning try at the death after Siviwe Soyizwapi was sin-binned for a high tackle, following an earlier indiscretion by Impi Visser. (40 words)

The AFL Players’ Association says players have told the union they believe they are being stung by excessive fines, disproportionate to their indiscretion, and want transparency to show how the money is being spent by the league. (37 words)

Hey Falwell Jr, Franklin Graham, et al – Does he get a mulligan for this little indiscretion too? (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

But, in truth, it was a minor indiscretion from Robinson, who was not exactly in Khawaja’s face.

Somehow, though, the officials missed the indiscretion, and instead it was a red card for Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon who took out Marley Watkins, with Greg Tansey slotting home the resultant penalty.

There aren’t many sights in football quite like a wronged Matip, who fell to his knees, shook his hands dramatically in pure frustration and then put them to his head as he was given a booking for his indiscretion.

However, with the government cracking down on the international education program, other colleges have begun to point fingers at Conestoga, essentially accusing it of indiscretion in enrolling ever larger numbers, therefore killing the golden goose.

The AFL Players’ Association says players have told the union they believe they are being stung by excessive fines, disproportionate to their indiscretion, and want transparency to show how the money is being spent by the league.

Government is willing to ignore the alleged indiscretion on condition Adv Phoofolo agrees to abandon his court application, the source said.

It doesn’t seem to be just an indiscretion in the marriage between Malusi Gigaba and Norma Gigaba, the Hawks say there’s much more to the scandal than we think.

The prerequisite trust much needed in safeguarding and protecting the people had been lost to institutional indiscretion, systemic failures and dearth of re-engineering of mindset and precepts.

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This is not mere indiscretion.

This was due to the fact that junior ranks viewed his transfer as a promotion for his indiscretion rather than a punishment.

What leads me to sympathize with Nina is the fact that this particular indiscretion is a little different.

An indiscretion that I will deal with.

For once Kyrgios escaped punishment, but eyebrows were still raised after this indiscretion.

It looked soft, but Santos was given every opportunity to make the most of Kellond-Knight's indiscretion, and did.

The fact that Trudeau, who was a drama teacher at the time, has unreservedly apologized for this indiscretion almost two decades ago speaks volumes for his character.

As any regular reader of this column knows, I am no prude when it comes to sexual liberty, and I am not one who relishes exploring the details of marital indiscretion.

Biblically, we are mandated to judge fruit, but until we have clear proof of indiscretion, it's foolish and irresponsible to say we know what his motives are.

Hey Falwell Jr, Franklin Graham, et al – Does he get a mulligan for this little indiscretion too?

Secondly, she hopes that if one of them, for example, uses the dessert fork for salad instead, that no one has the indiscretion to point it out.

The Blitzboks surged ahead 12-0 before the Argentinians came back in the second half, scoring the match-winning try at the death after Siviwe Soyizwapi was sin-binned for a high tackle, following an earlier indiscretion by Impi Visser.

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Common combinations with indiscretion

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "indiscretion" in a sentence?
An example: "But, in truth, it was a minor indiscretion from Robinson, who was not exactly in Khawaja’s face." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "indiscretion" from authentic English texts.
What does "indiscretion" mean?
Indiscretion means: The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion
What are synonyms of "indiscretion"?
Common synonyms of "indiscretion" include: injudiciousness, folly, foolishness, unwiseness, peccadillo, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed.
How many example sentences with "indiscretion" are there?
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