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
Both their indiscretions seem to be a thing of the past, if King Charles’s actions are to be believed.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2025
Many of Combs' former colleagues have spoken out about his personal and professional indiscretions since his arrest.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 July 2025
Peters and Antoon captured all of the indiscretions on video for their client, while Crooks witnessed the P.I. Moms in action for his feature article.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 23 July 2025
The imagery likely holds for future conflicts and indiscretions, too.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2025
Many of Combs' former colleagues have spoken out about his personal and professional indiscretions since his arrest.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 July 2025
Peters and Antoon captured all of the indiscretions on video for their client, while Crooks witnessed the P.I. Moms in action for his feature article.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 23 July 2025
The imagery likely holds for future conflicts and indiscretions, too.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscretion
Noun
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His biggest accident was no blunder in the mountains, but becoming a billionaire.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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Some began adding more blunders to the list when the Blue Jays dropped two games at the Rogers Centre to begin the ALCS — when Schneider offered up more pitching changes for fans to debate.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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This helps kids develop a growth mindset—where mistakes are part of learning, not something to fear.—
Lia Miller,
Parents,
20 Oct. 2025
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The scene where groundskeeper Walter (Marcus Henderson) runs aimlessly across the lawn borders on the ridiculous, but, without getting into spoilers, the only other mistake Peele makes is the film's antagonist.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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There aren’t any obvious errors that can be laid at Darlow’s door over the past four matches.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The New York City mayoral debate went by largely without incident, ending hopes from Zohran Mamdani’s opponents of a major gaffe that could dent his campaign momentum.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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The latest gaffe came Saturday in the Broncos’ 41-25 win over New Mexico, when the Lobos’ Damon Bankston had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Indiscretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscretion. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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