From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishindiscretionin‧dis‧cre‧tion /ˌɪndɪˈskreʃən/ AWL noun [countable, uncountable]MISTAKE an action or remark that shows a lack of good judgment, especially one that is morally unacceptable Earl describes his past links with the racist group as a youthful indiscretion. rumours of the former president’s sexual indiscretions
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indiscretion• After all, indiscretion is only the flowering of desperation.• The point rather is to ensure that raw partisanship does not amplify indiscretions as justification for a kind of schoolyard payback.• But his indiscretions had been minor in that regard, no more than a piece of cornbread, a sliver of chocolate.• They correctly argue that the club should not suffer for his indiscretion while at Chelsea.• Headlong, hell-for-leather indiscretion.• I instantly regret my indiscretion and beg him to keep the news to himself.• A story of indiscretion and retribution set in windswept Cornwall.• The attendant, now well into his second bottle of vodka, decided to ignore Myeloski's indiscretion.• She confessed that she had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.• sexual indiscretions• He dismissed his past association with racist groups as a youthful indiscretion.youthful indiscretion• Dodd says his involvement in the racist group was just youthful indiscretion.• We are not talking youthful indiscretion here. 