English-Dutch translations for discretion

• discretie
  Egypte, Rusland en China zijn goede voorbeelden van 'politieke discretie' en van 'zwijgen is goud'. Egypt, Russia and China are good examples of 'political discretion' or keeping 'silent'.
  Voor alle onderhandelingen geldt dat er een moment van openheid is en een moment van discretie. As in all negotiations, there is a time for informing the public and a time for discretion.
  Als er één gebied is waarop behoefte aan inzicht, discretie en diversiteit bestaat, dan is het wellicht dit gebied wel. If there were one area where judgement, discretion and diversity are needed, it is perhaps this.
• omzichtigheid
• oordeelsvermogen

Definition of discretion

• The quality of being discreet or circumspect
• The ability to make wise choices or decisions
• The freedom to make one's own judgements

Examples

• Bob showed great discretion despite his knowledge of the affair.
• I leave that to your discretion.

Related words

• indiscretion
• discretionary
• discretionary decision
• discretionary power
• at discretion
• abuse of discretion
• at one's discretion
• exercise of a discretionary power
• youthful indiscretion