0 the ability to behave without causing embarrassment or attracting too much attention, especially by keeping information secret:
3 the right to choose something, or to choose to do something, according to what seems most suitable in a particular situation:
at sb's discretion/at the discretion of sb Payment in lieu of notice to redundant workers is at the company's discretion.
exercise/use (your) discretion Economic and institutional constraints can make it difficult for senior managers to exercise discretion in their decisions.
leave it (up) to sb's discretion/leave it (up) to the discretion of sb Top-up insurance cover is left to the discretion of individuals and firms.
broad/complete/considerable discretion
Sales staff were given discretion to offer customers a 10% discount.
However, the distinction between discretions and duties is not so clear in practice as it is in theory.
Other public services, notably the health service, have a comparable complexity even if they appear to have fewer levels of authority and discretions of autonomy.
He seems nevertheless to have come very close to substituting his view of the statutory power and the discretions within it for that of the minister.
The decision concerning how to supply these from the various monastic properties and incomes at his disposal was left entirely to the abbot's discretion.
Instead, the matter of attendance is left to the discretion of the governors with no restriction on their discretion.
The inevitably open texture of such a document leaves a great degree of discretion in the hands of the judiciary.
As we have seen, this is left to the discretion of the head teacher, acting on the guidance of the governors.
Why should this penalty be mandatory, and not at the discretion of the court as in other offences?
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