'Indiscretion' definitions:
Definition of 'indiscretion'
From: WordNet
noun
The trait of being injudicious [syn: indiscretion, injudiciousness]
noun
A petty misdeed [syn: indiscretion, peccadillo]
Definition of 'Indiscretion'
From: GCIDE
- Indiscretion \In`dis*cre"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not + discretion: cf. F. indiscr['e]tion.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion; imprudence. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior. [1913 Webster]
- Past indiscretion is a venial crime. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indiscretion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- act of folly,
- atrocity,
- audacity,
- babbling,
- betrayal,
- blabbering,
- blabbing,
- bloomer,
- blunder,
- boldness,
- boner,
- botch,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brazen boldness,
- breach,
- bungle,
- callowness,
- carelessness,
- casualness,
- cheek,
- childishness,
- chutzpah,
- communication leak,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- crudity of intellect,
- dead giveaway,
- deadly sin,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- divulgation,
- divulgement,
- divulgence,
- divulging,
- dumb trick,
- enormity,
- error,
- evil,
- evulgation,
- failure,
- fault,
- faux pas,
- felony,
- folly,
- foolhardiness,
- foolishness,
- gaffe,
- gall,
- genocide,
- giveaway,
- guilty act,
- haste,
- hastiness,
- heavy sin,
- heedlessness,
- heroics,
- hubris,
- immaturity,
- impetuosity,
- impetuousness,
- impropriety,
- improvidence,
- imprudence,
- impudence,
- impulsiveness,
- inadvisability,
- inappropriateness,
- inattention,
- inconsideration,
- indecency,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- indelicacy,
- indiscreetness,
- indiscriminateness,
- indiscrimination,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- inexpedience,
- inexpiable sin,
- iniquity,
- injudiciousness,
- injury,
- injustice,
- insensibility,
- insensitivity,
- insolence,
- irrationality,
- lack of feeling,
- lack of refinement,
- lapse,
- leak,
- letting out,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- minor wrong,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- misstep,
- mistake,
- mortal sin,
- naivety,
- nonfeasance,
- obvious clue,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- overboldness,
- overcarelessness,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweeningness,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- pompousness,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- puerility,
- rashness,
- reasonlessness,
- recklessness,
- senselessness,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- slip,
- solecism,
- sottise,
- stuffiness,
- stupid thing,
- stupidity,
- syncretism,
- tactlessness,
- telltale,
- telltale sign,
- temerariousness,
- temerity,
- thoughtlessness,
- tort,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trip,
- unchariness,
- unchastity,
- uncriticalness,
- undiscriminatingness,
- undiscriminativeness,
- unfastidiousness,
- unintelligence,
- unmeticulousness,
- unparticularness,
- unpreciseness,
- unreason,
- unreasonableness,
- unseemliness,
- unselectiveness,
- unsensibleness,
- unsoundness,
- untactfulness,
- unthoughtfulness,
- unutterable sin,
- unwariness,
- unwisdom,
- unwise step,
- unwiseness,
- unwitting disclosure,
- venial sin,
- witlessness,
- wrong