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discretionary
/dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/
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What does discretionary mean?
adjective
- Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/
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It was necessary to clothe him with a certain amount of discretionary power for the public good.
That highbred animal fruitlessly attempted to combine dignity with a discretionary lurking between our legs.
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It was one of those moments when he was exercising without control, but subject to all the scruples of a severe conscience, his redoubtable discretionary power.
The legislature, with a discretionary power over the salary and emoluments of the Chief Magistrate, could render him as obsequious to their will as they might think proper to make him.
It is in such countries only, that the public safety does not require that the sovereign should be trusted with any discretionary power, for suppressing even the impertinent wantonness of this licentious liberty.