Synonyms for indiscretion
ˌɪn dɪˈskrɛʃ ənin·dis·cre·tion

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1. indiscretion

   Synonyms:
   abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociability

   Antonyms:
   backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, constraint, coyness, diffidence, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness

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1. indiscretion

   Synonyms:
   misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, dereliction, delinquency, lapse, trip, slip, flaw, blot, omission, trespass, faux pas, peccadillo

   Antonyms:
   guilt, crime, innocence, good behavior, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability

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1. indiscretion, injudiciousnessnoun

   the trait of being injudicious

   Synonyms:
   indiscreetness, injudiciousness, peccadillo

2. indiscretion, peccadillonoun

   a petty misdeed

   Synonyms:
   injudiciousness, peccadillo

Matched Categories

1. • Folly
   • Misbehavior

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1. indiscretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   imprudence, inconsiderateness, rashness, folly

2. indiscretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   mistake, FAUX PAS, indiscreet act, act of indiscretion

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1. indiscretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   unwisdom, folly, imprudence, misstep, lapse

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1. List of paraphrases for "indiscretion":

   intrusiveness, recklessness

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1. Harold Macmillan:

   A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this cruel dilemma. Nothing he can say can do very much good, and almost anything he may say may do a great deal of harm. Anything he says that is not obvious is dangerous; whatever is not trite is risky. He is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.