Tra từ discretion - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·cre·tion AW BrE [dɪˈskreʃn] NAmE [dɪˈskreʃn] noun uncountable
1. the freedom or power to decide what should be done in a particular situation
•I'll leave it up to you to use your discretion.
•How much to tell terminally ill patients is left to the discretion of the doctor.
2. care in what you say or do, in order to keep sth secret or to avoid causing embarrassment to or difficulty for sb; the quality of being ↑discreet
•This is confidential, but I know that I can rely on your discretion.
•Jane is the soul of discretion (= you can trust her).
•Use the utmost discretion when you talk to her.
compare ↑indiscretion
Idioms: ↑at somebody's discretion ▪ ↑discretion is the better part of valour

Word Origin:
[discretion] Middle English (in the sense ‘ to show good judgement’): via Old French from Latin discretio(n-) ‘separation’ (in late Latin ‘discernment’), from discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’.

Example Bank:
•‘Do you want me to do the job myself or hire a photographer?’ ‘I'll leave it to your discretion.’
•Judges should be given more discretion over sentencing.
•She has considerable discretion as to how the money is spent.
•The courts exercise discretion in the area of minor traffic violations.
•The president used his executive discretion to pardon the two men.
•The school governors have absolute discretion over which pupils they admit.
•They give themselves complete discretion as to what information they will hand out.
•They would like local authorities to be given greater discretion as to how the money is spent.
•This case calls for the utmost discretion.
•We have discretion about how much to charge.
•to act with discretion
•to conduct enquiries with discretion.
•Jane is the soul of discretion.