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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVerschwiegenheit
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Verschwiegenheit
"Wir bitten um absolute Verschwiegenheit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
"I can rely on his absolute discretion." - 2
The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
"The judge acted at his own discretion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French discrerion or medieval Latin discretio(n-), from Latin discernere 'separate, distinguish'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Discretion" is said worldwide
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discrétion
Transliteration: discrétion
"Il a fait preuve d'une grande discrétion."
Verschwiegenheit
Transliteration: Verschwiegenheit
"Wir bitten um absolute Verschwiegenheit."
discrezione
Transliteration: discrezione
"Ti chiedo di agire con molta discrezione."
discreción
Transliteration: discreción
"Controlo el asunto con total discreción."
discrição
Transliteration: discrição
"Agradeço a sua discrição neste caso."
विवेक
Transliteration: vivek
"यह मामला आपके अपने विवेक पर निर्भर है।"
谨慎
Transliteration: jǐnshèn
"这件事情需要极大的谨慎。"
재량
Transliteration: jaeryang
"그 결정은 당신의 재량에 달려 있습니다."
慎重
Transliteration: shinchō
"彼の慎重な対応に感謝します。"
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