Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- At discretion; at will; by choice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At one's
discretion .
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Examples
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While the requirement might not be satisfied in exactly the same way for any two contractors, this standard is flexible enough to only provide immunity for contractors whose duties were discretionally decided by the United States military.
David Isenberg: When Just Following Orders is Good Enough 2010
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"Thus, the company would not discretionally dispose of that cash until one of its main shareholders, BG Group, withdraws its legal claim against Argentina in international courts," S&P said.
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President Chavez of Venezuela receives every day somewhere between $250 and $300 million, depending on the price of oil, which he can use discretionally.
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My will is that it shall be given out discretionally by my executors for the purpose above mentioned.
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The saint having now obtained all he wished for in this world, made over his estate to his mother, to be discretionally disposed of by her in favor of his brother, as soon as he should be arrived at a proper age.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Law, as applied to the Universe, means that universal, providential pre-arrangement, whose conditions can be discerned and discretionally acted on by human intelligence.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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The settlers usually allowed some luxuries; but these, discretionally given, were a tax to the liberal, often more onerous than reasonable wages.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840
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There was, however, another point carried, which outweighed all inferior considerations, as it gave him a power of setting aside discretionally whatsoever should arise to disturb his plots: he was himself appointed President and Controller of the Sargatchi.
De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Thomas De Quincey 1822
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There was, however, another point carried which outweighed all inferior considerations, as it gave him a power of setting aside discretionally whatsoever should arise to disturb his plots: he was himself appointed President and
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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There was, however, another point carried which outweighed all inferior considerations, as it gave him a power of setting aside discretionally whatsoever should arise to disturb his plots: he was himself appointed President and
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
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