as in offence
a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark
put the incident down as just a youthful indiscretion
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Recent Examples of indiscretion
For example, there’s a young private in the novel who has committed several indiscretions—one was purchasing a cow impulsively.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Not by distorting the rules to avoid accountability and amplify his power.
— Alisa Kaplan, executive director, Reform for Illinois
That was quite an embarrassing word salad of an explanation by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon on his campaign fund indiscretions.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Stuart James Nicolas Jackson’s indiscretion underlines why Chelsea need a summer upgrade
The striker is yet to wrest control of a key game and will now be absent over the season's run-in after being sent off at St James' Park
How good are Brazil’s Club World Cup teams?
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The imagery likely holds for future conflicts and indiscretions, too.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Not by distorting the rules to avoid accountability and amplify his power.
— Alisa Kaplan, executive director, Reform for Illinois
That was quite an embarrassing word salad of an explanation by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon on his campaign fund indiscretions.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Stuart James Nicolas Jackson’s indiscretion underlines why Chelsea need a summer upgrade
The striker is yet to wrest control of a key game and will now be absent over the season's run-in after being sent off at St James' Park
How good are Brazil’s Club World Cup teams?
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The imagery likely holds for future conflicts and indiscretions, too.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for indiscretion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscretion
Noun
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The harsh taste of a blunder at Bethpage Black.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Again, special teams blunders set the defense up in poor position, but the defense ultimately coughed up big gains on the ground.—
Mike Kaye
September 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And Apple has no plans to release Veritas as a standalone consumer app, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who calls this a mistake, and is calling for Apple to release the AI chatbot as a standalone app.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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But even his mistakes were committed in his desire to protect the integrity of the institution he’d been appointed to lead.—
Billy Ray,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The result is global English but one without the imprecision and solecism implied by that label.—
Colin Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2022
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And a single word couldn’t be a dead giveaway either, no matter how much people would like to portray the use of pled rather than pleaded as an obvious Trumpian solecism, especially when Dowd himself has been documented using pled at least once.—
Ben Zimmer,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2017
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Unlike traditional approaches, HydroSpread lets ultrathin polymer films form directly on water, eliminating the fragile and error-prone step of transferring films from rigid surfaces.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the fourth inning, Los Angeles got a run on Kolek’s throwing error that sailed into center field.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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But those encouraging completions were sandwiched among a string of gaffes by Purdy and his receiving crew.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, once the defense returned to steady action, the New England offense was consistently set up with strong field position due to special teams and offensive gaffes.—
Mike Kaye
September 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Indiscretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscretion. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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