Definition of Discreet

Discreet

Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.

Differing; distinct.

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Discreet Quotations

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
Judith Martin

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.
Judith Martin

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Arthur Wellesley

Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before.
Anita Hill

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.
Lee H. Hamilton

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.
Robert Grosseteste

The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.
Charles Perrault

They also explained how the sensors can monitor the levels of acetone on people's breath, and this can be used to tell people who suffer from diabetes when their next insulin shot is due. This is a more discreet method than what is currently on the market.
Anne Campbell

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.
Christina Hendricks

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!
Mary Chesnut

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
Jack Valenti

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Discreet Translations

discreet in German is dezent, diskret
discreet in Italian is decente, riservato
discreet in Spanish is decente, discreto, sigiloso

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