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
That’s a time when the super rich ruled, when women’s choices were limited to homemaking and looking the other way at their husband’s indiscretions, both financial and social, and when women who refused to submit to those men were shunned.
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Joan Michelson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Some follow-up communication, apologizing for his indiscretion, is likely necessary.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Instead, tend to this indiscretion now.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon in recent years has taken steps to remedy its past indiscretions against LGBTQ service members.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indiscretion
Joan Michelson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Some follow-up communication, apologizing for his indiscretion, is likely necessary.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Instead, tend to this indiscretion now.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
The Pentagon in recent years has taken steps to remedy its past indiscretions against LGBTQ service members.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indiscretion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscretion
Noun
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But the team with the biggest quarterback blunder from 2018 was the Arizona Cardinals, who made the decision to trade up to the No. 10 pick to take Josh Rosen.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This week’s White House Report Card could have been a bad one, considering court rulings against President Donald Trump, staffing blunders, and a lack of movement on his tariff war that is starting to scare his supporters.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Justice Department lawyers contend FBI agents acted in good faith despite the mistake and shouldn't be second-guessed by the courts.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Many twenty-year veterans still make rookie mistakes while quick-learning newcomers can rapidly surpass them in both skills and results.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 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
Noun
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Graham Pauley singled and advanced to third when a fielder’s choice turned into a throwing error on Bohm.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Kyren Paris reached on an error by Matt Chapman at third, with Chapman cutting in front of Adames with the ball bounding into the outfield to bring Neto home with the second run.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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As part of this unconventional arrangement, CBS agrees to forever do things the Augusta way, which means that the booth talent forever navigates a minefield of potential lexical gaffes.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Though this group was on for two Florida goals, the first one should’ve been a relatively easy stop for Woll, and the second was the result of a Morgan Rielly gaffe.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Indiscretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscretion. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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