Discretion
10 lettersnounmoderateUpdated February 2026
Definition
The quality of behaving with care and good judgement in what one says or does, particularly in maintaining confidentiality. Also refers to the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
“The doctor handled the sensitive medical information with complete discretion.”
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Wordle
Features double occurrence of I and common ending -TION; middle section has SC and CR clusters
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Scrabble
Worth 14 points; the C (3 pts) adds value, and the -TION suffix is a common building block
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