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Definition of Indiscretions
1. indiscretion [n] - See also: indiscretion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indiscretions
Literary usage of Indiscretions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"Chat upon Invalid indiscretions—Dietetics of the Soul—Forenoon on ... SHALL we
chat of our indiscretions of appetite, this morning—I giving you (with ..."
2. The Queen of Naples and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on Mss by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1889)
"No supremely great man of modern England has suffered more in posthumous fame
than Nelson, from the incompetence or indiscretions of successive biographers. ..."
3. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... they might discover that my character and principles would not allow me to
commit them by any indiscretions. The council-hall is, as it ought to be, ..."
4. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"Canals—Curiosity of the Dutch—Jews—Formalities on landing —Statue of Erasmus—Boom
Peas—indiscretions of speech— Beauty of the city—Prostration of ..."
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