Summary
indiscretion
Indiskretion · Unüberlegtheit
discretion
Diskretion · Umsicht · Urteil · Ermessen · Gutdünken · Verschwiegenheit · Schweigepflicht · verstand · Einsicht
Synonyms
indiscretion: peccadillo · injudiciousness
discretion: discernment · free will · discreetness
more (6)English-German translation for "indiscretion"
"indiscretion" German translation
indiscretion
indiscretion (also: indiscreetness)
As is it, the only reason this whole scandal has been revealed is because of an indiscretion, not because you were looking into it.
It is therefore all the more regrettable that access to it has at times only been possible as the result of indiscretions.
indiscretion (also: injudiciousness)
discretion
As in all negotiations, there is a time for informing the public and a time for discretion.
Spare me your discretion.
The report says that attacks on human rights in Angola have been treated with too much diplomatic discretion.
The networks have cast themselves in the role of protagonist and are using the content without any discretion and often without any respect.
discretion (also: circumspection)
Mr President, I am doubly grateful to you this evening, for exercising your discretion in this way.
discretion (also: ruling, sentence, decision, adjudication)
That is to say, their adoption should be left to the discretion of the parties.
Once that agenda was adopted, the question of changing the agenda rests at my discretion.
So it is at the discretion of the Commission whether to do it or not.
We should leave this to the discretion of the Management Committee.
However, I have followed to the letter a precedent on which I exercise zero discretion.
In a situation where these do not exist, there is often scope for discretion, and different actors proceed as they themselves think best.
They are now left to the discretion of the JET Council, presumably on the assumption that they are only implementing measures.
Let us make sure that we are not moving back to asylum at political discretion but that we still regard asylum as a human right.
It is also a question of ensuring that there are clear rules so that access to documents is not dependent upon discretion or the
discretion (also: secrecy, discreetness, secretiveness, reticence)
Staff members shall exercise the utmost discretion with regard to all matters of official business.
(i) Staff members shall exercise the utmost discretion with regard to all matters of official business.
discretion (also: secrecy)
official discretion
business discretion
discretion (also: understood, saw, intellect, reason)
discretion (also: intelligence)
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "indiscretion":
Synonyms (English) for "discretion":
© Princeton Universitydiscernment · free will · discreetness · circumspection · prudence · delicacy
Usage examples
Usage examples for "indiscretion" in German
Similar words
indirection · indirectly · indirectness · indiscernible · indiscernibleness · indiscernibly · indiscerptible · indiscreet · indiscreetly · indiscreetness · indiscretion · indiscretions · indiscriminate · indiscriminately · indiscriminateness · indispensability · indispensable · indispensableness · indispensably · indisposed · indisposes
In the English-Russian dictionary you will find more translations.