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Updated June 2026
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.”
/dɪˈskrɛʃən/
dis·cre·tion
Features double occurrence of I and common ending -TION; middle section has SC and CR clusters
Worth 14 points; the C (3 pts) adds value, and the -TION suffix is a common building block
Shorter words formed from the letters in “discretion”.
11-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “discretion”.
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