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- Dictionarydiscretional/dɪˈskrɛʃən(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. available for use at the discretion of the user; discretionary: "the Court has some discretional powers to assess the statements presented to it"
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DISCRETIONAL definition: subject to discretion ; discretionary | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Discretional definition: discretionary. . See examples of DISCRETIONAL used in a sentence.
Definitions of discretional. adjective. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment. synonyms: discretionary. arbitrary. based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.
the right to choose something, or to choose to do something, according to what seems most suitable in a particular situation: at sb's discretion/at the discretion of sb Payment in lieu of notice to redundant workers is at the company's discretion.
1. a. : individual choice or judgment. left the decision to his discretion. b. : power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds. reached the age of discretion. 2. : the quality of having or showing discernment or good judgment : the quality of being discreet : circumspection. especially : cautious reserve in speech. 3.
able to be decided by a particular person or group, rather than being controlled by rules, or relating to the power to make these decisions: discretionary powers Judges have great discretionary powers.
n. 1. The quality of being discreet; circumspection: "the almost unknown young man who lived in the upper room ... coming and going with discretion" (Doris Lessing). 2. Freedom to act or judge on one's own: All the decisions were left to our discretion. 3.
